Supreme Court Reviews Trump’s $400 Million White House Ballroom After Construction Halt
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Updated · NPR · Aug 20
Supreme Court Reviews Trump’s $400 Million White House Ballroom After Construction Halt
3 articles · Updated · NPR · Aug 20
Summary
The Supreme Court is set to weigh whether Trump’s White House ballroom can keep moving after lower courts halted the $400 million project.
A lawsuit argues the administration needed congressional approval, while the Justice Department is recasting the partly built ballroom as a military complex to justify proceeding.
The appeal follows a D.C. Circuit ruling requiring congressional authorization; the administration had asked the justices to freeze that injunction before work stops.
The dispute tests how far a president can reshape the White House without Congress, even when private donors fund the project.