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A federal appeals court has temporarily allowed construction of President Donald Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom to continue until April 17 while legal challenges proceed. The 2-1 ruling pauses a lower court order that halted the project over ...

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.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The White House is pressing a federal appeals court to allow construction to continue on President Donald Trump’s planned ...

Judge clarifies injunction, allows only below-ground national security construction Trump administration to appeal ruling, claims ballroom and bunker are inseparable for security National Trust for Historic Preservation challenged project, citing ...

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 ...

Republicans are rushing to give President Donald Trump's controversial ballroom addition to the White House the congressional go-ahead after a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. Lawmakers argue that Trump’s desire to build ...

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.