US Justice Department Seeks to Lift Injunction on Ballroom Project After Shooting
Blanche says the nearby shooting shows the 9,000-square-foot project is needed for White House security and includes military-grade protections.
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche filed a court petition late Sunday to resume White House ballroom construction, citing a shooting Saturday near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue that killed a gunman before breaching the complex.
- A district court judge halted the 9,000-square-foot ballroom construction last month pending congressional approval; the Senate parliamentarian then blocked $1 billion in security funding from a reconciliation bill, leaving Congress without agreement when recess began.
- The filing specifies advanced security features including drone-proof roofing, ballistic glass, sniper stations, and hermetically sealed ventilation, describing the ballroom as a 'SAFE HAVEN' unlike current tented structures used for state dinners.
- An appellate court permitted construction to continue through early June pending judicial review, while President Trump warned Congress that without funding the White House 'won't be a very secure place.'
- CBS News reporter Scott MacFarlane noted the filing contains random capitalization and the invented word 'invaulable gift,' while critics characterize the ballroom as a vanity project despite administration claims of national security necessity.
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Trump administration seizes on shooting to make case again for White House ballroom
Demolition work continued where the East Wing once stood at the White House on Dec. 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump ordered the 123-year-old East Wing and Jacqueline Kennedy Garden leveled to make way for a new 90,000-square-foot ballroom. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche argued in a court filing that a shooting Saturday in the vicinity of the White House further proves t…
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