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A federal appeals court has allowed construction on President Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom to continue pending a June hearing, reversing a lower court’s halt on above-ground work. The project, which includes underground bunkers and medical ...

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 ...

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