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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 has reaffirmed a halt on above-ground construction for President Donald Trump’s planned $400 million White House ballroom, allowing only below-ground national security work to continue. Judge Richard Leon rejected the administration’s ...

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

A U.S. judge on Thursday rebuked the Trump administration's attempt to proceed with construction of its $400 million White House ballroom project, clarifying in a sharply worded order that any above-ground, physical construction of the site is blocked ...

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