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A federal judge on Thursday issued a new order halting construction of President Donald Trump's much-touted new White House ballroom, finding the administration was using fancy footwork to try to sidestep his previous ruling. Subscribe to read this story ...

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from doing construction work above ground on the controversial proposed White House ballroom. Judge Richard Leon is allowing the administration to continue below-ground construction, including work related ...

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The judge has however allowed the underground bunker portion of the project to proceed. Trump posted that the ballroom "is needed now".

April 17 (UPI) --All above-ground construction of the White House ballroom must be stopped amid litigation, a federal judge ordered Thursday, reprimanding the Trump administration for trying to justify continued work on the building as necessary for ...