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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.

A U.S. appeals court allowed President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday night to continue construction of a $400 million ballroom ​on the site of the White House’s demolished East Wing, ‌setting a June hearing to review a Washington judge’s order halting the project.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said it did not have enough information to decide how much of the project can be suspended without jeopardizing the safety of the president.

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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.

U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon ruled Tuesday that construction on President Trump's White House ballroom "must stop until Congress authorizes its completion." Using a notable number of exclamation points, Leon said the plaintiff, the National Trust ...