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Supreme Court temporarily allows White House ballroom construction to continue
The stay lets crews keep working on the $400 million project while the Supreme Court reviews whether Congress must approve the ballroom.
- On Friday, Chief Justice John Roberts issued a temporary stay allowing President Donald Trump to continue constructing a new ballroom adjoining the White House, pausing a lower court's injunction while the Supreme Court considers the administration's emergency appeal.
- The Justice Department shifted its legal argument, now claiming the 90,000-square-foot project is an 'integrated military complex' vital to national security, though critics argue the President lacks authority to build without Congress.
- Construction on the $400 million project is 65% complete, with a 250-person crew working 20 hours a day; the administration claims the work is privately funded, though reports suggest Secret Service budget funds may have been redirected.
- With the stay only temporary, the Supreme Court is expected to weigh in further on whether construction can continue long-term, while preservationists warn the project 'will in all likelihood become irreversible' if courts do not intervene.
- Despite the President's party controlling both chambers of Congress, the administration has not sought legislative authorization for the project, and legal commentators note the D.C. Circuit found the decision 'is for Congress to decide.
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Supreme Court allows Trump’s White House ballroom construction to continue for now
The Supreme Court's Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily allowed above-ground White House ballroom construction to continue, staying a lower court injunction blocking the project.
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White House Ballroom: Supreme Court temporarily authorizes continuation of work
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(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Yu-mi = The U.S. Supreme Court... regarding the $400 million (approximately 550 billion won) White House banquet hall construction project pushed by President Donald Trump...
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