Trump to Resume White House Ballroom Construction Temporarily
A US appeals court allowed former President Trump's administration to temporarily resume construction on a $400 million ballroom at the White House site. A subsequent hearing is scheduled to review the temporary suspension of the building project.
A US appeals court allowed President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday night to continue construction of a US$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. An order by a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit put the lower court’s preliminary injunction on hold for now, giving the panel time to consider the US Justice Department’s...