Hyundai chief executive José Muñoz said on Wednesday that the White House phoned him personally to apologise for a massive immigration raid at a factory in the US state of Georgia.

The White House quietly lobbied senators to slow-walk a vote to force the release of investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein even as President Donald Trump publicly insisted his administration had nothing to hide and urged Congress to act,

President Trump raised $350 million from private donors for the ongoing demolition of the White House East Wing and new 90,000-square-foot ballroom, the White House said. Any additional funds might be used for future construction, such as a triumphal arch in Washington, D.C., it added.

The draft order comes after Republicans in Congress failed to pass a federal ban on state AI regulation, as more lawmakers raise concerns about the technology.

The bill, which comes in response to President Trump soliciting private money to fund a $300 million East Wing ballroom, is sponsored by Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.

Work continues on the construction of the ballroom at the White House where the East Wing once stood. Here are new images showing the ongoing construction.

For the first time since the government shutdown ended, the sweeping construction of the new White House ballroom is visible.

President Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will have a meeting at the White House on Friday, the president said Wednesday in a post on Truth Social.