From demolishing the East Wing to build a ballroom to paving the Rose Garden, the changes reflect Trump’s second-term quest for dominance and revenge.

WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday praised economic adviser Kevin Hassett at ​a White House event and said he may want to keep him ‌in his current role, as the president considers his nominee for the next Federal Reserve chair.

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President Trump welcomed the Florida Panthers to the White House, praising the team’s performance and celebrating its back-to-back Stanley Cup titles.

James McCrery​, once President Trump's handpicked architect for the White House ballroom, has been appointed to serve on a commission that will review the project he once led.

White House officials are heaping blame on DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro over her office’s criminal investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell, faulting her for blindsiding them with an inquiry that has forced the administration into a dayslong damage control campaign,

White House adviser Kevin Hassett played down the federal criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday, saying he expected there would be "nothing to see here".

The Florida Panthers made their second White House trip in less than a year and gave President Donald Trump a championship ring.

Denmark's foreign minister said the closed-door meeting was a "frank but also constructive" discussion. He said a high-level working group would be formed "to explore if we can find a common way forward.

Trump’s initial reference to canceling the elections came during his Jan. 6 address to House Republicans as they gathered at the Kennedy Center to discuss their agenda for the year ahead. Criticizing Democrats, Trump said “they have the worst policy” and questioned “how we have to even run against these people.”

The pause is part of the administration's overall effort to block immigrants from accessing federal assistance.