White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Thursday afternoon as the government shutdown stretches into a fourth week, after a 12th vote on a stopgap funding bill failed a

The entirety of the White House East Wing appears to have been knocked down, photos published Thursday show, as President Donald Trump moves swiftly ahead with plans to construct a massive new ballroom.

Watch live as Donald Trump meets Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday (17 October). The meeting comes just hours after Vladimir Putin warned the U.S president not to give Tomahawk cruise missiles to Kyiv.

The Senate for a second day in a row rejected rival measures to fund the government, prolonging the shutdown that began at midnight. Wednesday’s votes mirrored Tuesday’s results, with