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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 ...

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.

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.

President Trump's dreams of a White House ballroom have highlighted what was once a relative secret: the construction of a military bunker beneath the now-demolished East Wing. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon sided with the National Trust for ...