Sharaa​ is scheduled to visit Washington, D.C., on Nov. 10, Tom Barrack, the U.S. envoy to Syria and U.S. ambassador to Turkey, confirmed.

The firing of fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts comes as Trump plans to build a triumphal arch along the Potomac River, and a new ballroom on the White House grounds.

Rumors swirled that the president was building a "secret bunker" from which to hide from protesters or to serve a third term.

The White House has fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency charged with advising the president, Congress and the city of Washington, DC, on “matters of design and aesthetics,

"The site is under construction" is a sign that could greet visitors peering through the fence at the southeast corner of the White House, trying to catch a glimpse of where the East Wing once stood. Instead, those are the words greeting visitors to the websites of several companies working on building the White House ballroom.

Stewart McLaurin, president of the White House Historical Association, says more people have been talking and learning about White House history in the past couple of weeks.

The administration of President Donald Trump has fired all six members of a group that would have been involved in overseeing the president’s Washington building projects. The group, the Commission on Fine Arts, advises federal officials on design matters and preservation.

Trump posted dozens of photos of the Lincoln Bedroom’s remodeled bathroom, stating the prior art deco style was “totally inappropriate for the Lincoln Era.”

The CEOs of American Airlines and United Airlines will attend a White House roundtable on Thursday to press for an end to the 30-day government shutdown after a surge in flight delays blamed on air traffic controller absences,