Giles Snyder

The BBC's Rob Watson reporting.

A federal judge says construction on President Trump's White House ballroom can move forward for now.

The judge Thursday rejected a request from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

The group wanted the judge to block construction, saying the president did not follow proper procedure in tearing down the east wing of the White House.

The judge, however, suggested that he could reconsider if the suit is amended.

American hockey player Brady Tuchok is objecting to an AI-generated video posted on the White House TikTok account.

He's calling the video clearly fake and says it falsely paints him as insulting Canadians.

Tuchok plays for the Ottawa Senators.

He helped lead the U.S.

men's hockey team to the gold medal over Canada at the Winter Olympics.

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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls her questioning Thursday by the House Committee investigating the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein repetitive.

Clinton spoke to reporters after sitting for a closed-door deposition that lasted for more than six hours.

Hillary Clinton's deposition before the House Oversight Committee was taken in the Clinton's hometown of Chippewa, New York.

She has said that she and her former and her husband, former President Bill Clinton,

don't have knowledge of Epstein.

It's very limited.

The Clintons initially refused to testify but relented.

When lawmakers moved to hold them in contempt of Congress, Bill Clinton is to take questions Friday.