WASHINGTON -- A man draped in an American flag climbed over the fence at the White House on Thursday, prompting a lockdown as the first family celebrated Thanksgiving. The man was immediately apprehended and taken into custody pending criminal charges, the ...

More of the structure was torn down Tuesday to make way for President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, despite complaints about the project’s lack of transparency,

Trump had said in July that the new ballroom "won’t interfere with the current building." But this week he clarified that "to do it properly, we had to take down the existing structure."

President Trump’s demolition of the East Wing to make way for a ballroom seems to mirror his determination to remake America.

The White House met with university presidents to discuss President Trump’s proposed higher education compact, which ties federal funding to ideological and policy commitments. While Education Secretary Linda McMahon called for collaboration,