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WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Friday allowed construction on President Donald Trump’s ballroom project to proceed through early June, pausing, for now, a lower court’s order that construction stop after next week.

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By Jan Wolfe April 16 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday again ruled that U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to build a White House ballroom without congressional approval was unlawful, faulting the Republican president for asserting that national security requirements demanded the project move forward.