What's it like inside the secretive White House Situation Room, typically used for communicating sensitive information? Larry Pfeiffer, former senior director of the Situation Room, joins CBS News to share behind-the-scenes details.

The White House summoned a key Republican lawmaker to the Situation Room on Wednesday for a meeting over the effort to release files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

President Donald Trump was addressing an East Room event on Thursday when he suggested that adding the new ballroom might require removing more of the existing White House.

The newly reopened Washington Monument, which typically offers sprawling views of Washington, DC from 555 feet high, now provides a peek at the White House’s East Wing renovations. Andrew Leyden, a freelance photographer in Washington, D.C., posted photos of the scene from the top of the obelisk on X last week.

Visitors, who ordinarily would have entered through the East Wing, will be using an “updated route,” the White House said.

Donald Trump gave an update on his beloved White House ballroom at an event on Thursday, where he and First Lady Melania signed an executive order to expand resources for teens who have aged out of the foster care system.

News of the dinner, which is being seen as an attempt by Trump to drum up support for his economic agenda from America’s top business leaders, was first reported by CBS News.

President Donald Trump weighed in on first lady's Melania Trump's views on the East Wing teardown. Her 'tiny little office' is become the new ballroom.