Critics have compared the aesthetic to a tacky casino, a movie set, or even a suburban Thai restaurant. View Entire Post › ...

“That choice isn’t holiday symbolism; it’s political theater," one expert said.

President Donald Trump has brought his love of maximalism and gold furnishings to the Oval Office. His next project: a $300 ...

The gutted interior of the White House in 1950, during major structural renovations that forced President Truman and his family to live in a temporary residence for nearly four years. The Trump ...

The gilded tide crept in slowly. Recent photographs show the entire office has been gilded, including the paneled doors and the pediments above the main entrances. Critics have decried the profusion ...

Photo illustration: Julia Meslener/Yahoo News; photos: White House, Andrew Harnik/Getty Images President Trump has stirred controversy with his plan to build a new ballroom at the White House. After ...

Congress approved a White House renovation in 2008 under President George W. Bush, after a government report said some of the systems in the White House were periodically failing, such as lights, ...

The East Wing of the White House has long served as the public’s main gateway into the executive mansion. Until very recently, it housed the Office of the First Lady as well as the President’s Theater ...

Mo Rocca is an award-winning correspondent for "CBS News Sunday Morning," where he reports on a wide range of topics. Rocca is also the host and creator of the hit podcast "Mobituaries," and the host ...

NEW HAVEN — The recent demolition of the East Wing of the White House would likely have startled the late New Haven architect Douglas Orr who led the renovation of the Executive Mansion under ...

Demolition crews have begun tearing down the East Wing of the White House, clearing ground for a 90,000-square foot ballroom in the biggest White House expansion in more than 70 years. President ...

The gilded tide crept in slowly. On Feb. 28, when President Donald Trump berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office, the glitter of gold was mostly limited to some bric-a-brac ...