The Senate blocked a bill to pay federal workers during the shutdown. The vote: By a 54-45 vote, the Senate rejected a bill to pay federal workers who have been required to continue working without pay during the government shutdown. Trump said he canceled a “surge” of federal officials in San Francisco.

The entirety of the East Wing of the White House will be demolished within days, two Trump administration officials have said.

The decision to demolish the more than 100-year-old area of the White House—which traditionally hosts the offices of the first lady—is likely to add to public blowback over the project, which has come...