SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Maine nature writer and photographer Sandra Mitchell has always enjoyed animals, nature and wildlife, taking every opportunity she could to spend time outdoors. This passion began ...

Arden Farhi is the managing editor for CBS News' Washington bureau. He has covered several presidential campaigns and the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations. His executive producer credit include ...

DREAM IS COMING TRUE THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON. SHE WILL BE TAKING PART IN AN ANNUAL WHITE HOUSE TRADITION. OUR LEAH PHILLIPS HAS THE STORY. WELL, IF YOU’RE ANYTHING LIKE ME, THOSE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS ARE ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Two days into 2026, President Donald Trump and his motorcade made a surprise pit stop to find just the right marble for his White House ballroom. Trump, who is staying at his Mar-a-Lago ...

President Donald Trump spent his Friday morning perusing samples of stone in Florida for a new White House ballroom, as he pushes ahead on a controversial effort to replace the East Wing. Before his ...

The White House has unveiled an eight-week timeline to secure approval for President Donald Trump’s proposed East Wing ballroom, even as one federal review panel told The Washington Post it has yet to ...

Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart died at age 90 in his Baton Rouge home. Swaggart was a pioneering televangelist in the 1980s whose influence declined after an adultery scandal. He was the last surviving ...

Louisiana lost its "King of Honky Tonk Heaven" in 2025 when the Rev. Jimmy Swaggart died at 90 two weeks after suffering a heart attack in his Baton Rouge home. Swaggart, who headlined the Golden Age ...

President Donald Trump in mid-September quietly launched one of the biggest transformations to the White House in its 233-year history, concealing plans that were far more sweeping than what he had ...

President Trump said Monday the new White House ballroom he tore down the East Wing to build will have a “drone-free roof.” The president made the remarks while at a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago ...

Throughout the year, Donald Trump has been dropping little hints about what his White House ballroom project entails. In June, he teased that he had a site picked out but didn’t say exactly where the ...

President Donald Trump gave an update on renovations to the White House ballroom currently under construction while speaking to reporters on Monday, saying that "we're under budget and ahead of ...