Trump selected McCrery Architects to lead the design for the 90,000 square foot ballroom, according to a media release from the administration. The Washington-based architecture firm is owned by James McCrery, a practitioner of classical and traditional architecture and a professor at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

Lawmakers and preservationists raise questions about fast-moving White House ballroom project, which began before oversight could catch up.

President Donald Trump welcomed Hungary's autocratic leader Viktor Orban to the White House on Friday, praising him repeatedly as a "great leader" as met sat to discuss trade and Russia's war in Ukraine.

The White House offered no public condolences Tuesday on the death of former Vice President Dick Cheney — saying flags were lowered to half-staff at the executive mansion because the

U.S. President Donald Trump heaped praise on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday at a White House meeting that glossed over differences about Hungary's use of Russian oil and its disputes with fellow members of the European Union about immigration and Ukraine.

Trump is expected to watch the Commanders play the Detroit Lions on Sunday at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland.