Hyundai chief executive José Muñoz said on Wednesday that the White House phoned him personally to apologise for a massive immigration raid at a factory in the US state of Georgia.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended new restrictions limiting reporter access to staff offices, citing concerns about eavesdropping.

The White House quietly lobbied senators to slow-walk a vote to force the release of investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein even as President Donald Trump publicly insisted his administration had nothing to hide and urged Congress to act,

Work continues on the construction of the ballroom at the White House where the East Wing once stood. Here are new images showing the ongoing construction.

President Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will have a meeting at the White House on Friday, the president said Wednesday in a post on Truth Social.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he will meet New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House on Friday in what would be the first meeting of the Republican leader with the democratic socialist who won this month's mayoral election.

President Trump raised $350 million from private donors for the ongoing demolition of the White House East Wing and new 90,000-square-foot ballroom, the White House said. Any additional funds might be used for future construction, such as a triumphal arch in Washington, D.C., it added.

The draft order comes after Republicans in Congress failed to pass a federal ban on state AI regulation, as more lawmakers raise concerns about the technology.