Massive new flag poles are being installed on the White House grounds today, after President Donald Trump said they were desperately needed and he would pay for them himself.

President Donald Trump answers reporters' questions on his Iran-Israel position during the installation of new White House lawn flag poles.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of Argentines marched in the streets of Buenos Aires on Wednesday, banging drums and chanting in a show of support for ex-president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner as she started a six-year sentence under house arrest for corruption.

An Argentine judge on Tuesday put former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner under house arrest to serve out a six-year sentence for corruption in a case that has effectively brought down the country's most prominent politician in recent decades.

Protesters have denounced the leader’s incarceration and ban from public office as an act of political retribution.