Trump also disclosed that he plans on renovating Lafayette Park, located north of the White House, by ripping up the brick walkways and replacing them with granite. He said the move is partly to prevent protesters from grabbing bricks and throwing them — given it serves as a historic site for demonstrations.

Proposals for a second story to an iconic space and the actual height of the ballroom were discussed during a public meeting.

Immigration tensions . Two American cities are on edge after separate shootings involving federal immigration agents this week. In Minneapolis, demonstrations are flaring

The vice president told reporters the new position will also be involved in addressing “the people who are defrauding the United States by inciting violence against our law enforcement officers” after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

Leaders from more than a dozen oil companies with major operations in Houston – including Exxon, Chevron, ConocoPhillips - gathered at the White House.

The White House welcomed a surprise visitor on Friday. Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News star who has found himself at the center of a MAGA civil war in recent months, attended a meeting at the White House with oil and gas company executives about the Trump administration’s invasion of Venezuela and seizure of its oil reserves.

The White House claims "there was an inadvertent public disclosure" but it says the media shouldn't be "grasping at straws to foment another fake controversy."

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Friday that she is suspending payments on all active and future awards from the USDA to Minnesota amid the long-running fraud scandal in which the White House has alleged a misuse of federal funds.