According to the White House Historical Association, the East Terrace served as a visitors entrance, as seen in archival images. In 1942, the East Wing replaced the East Terrace, primarily as a cover for an underground bunker built below the building, according to the White House.

Images of bulldozers demolishing the East Wing of the White House have caused commotion across mainstream media, with quite a few voices denouncing what some have defined as the destruction of an important and iconic landmark for Washington,

That history came to an end after wrecking crews tore down the wing’s two stories of offices and reception rooms last week. Gone is an in-house movie theater, and a covered walkway to the White House captured in so many photos over the years. An East Wing garden that was dedicated to Jacqueline Kennedy was also uprooted, photographs show.

After stepping away from the Democratic Party, Biden-era White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is speaking for herself in a new memoir.

While future guests of the White House will be having a ball in its forthcoming ballroom, for which demolition began on Monday, the massive renovation isn’t the first of its scale at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Since its debut in 1800, and reconstruction in ...

Americans awoke, bewildered, on Tuesday morning to find photos of a portion of the East Wing of the White House demolished. The photos aren't AI-generated. They're real photos of construction happening to add a $250 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom to ...

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before signing an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House on Oct. 6 in Washington, as Energy Secretary Chris Wright (left) and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum (right) applaud. Jacquelyn Martin/AP