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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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.

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".

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

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,

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 Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt blames Democrats for encouraging violence against ICE officers in Minneapolis, saying rhetoric calling agents "Nazis" leads to chaos.

Among Trump’s other tasteless additions to the White House include his “Presidential Walk of Fame” along the White House’s West Colonnade, where he installed plaques shaming two of his political adversaries—former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

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.