US EditionJudge says Trump White House ballroom construction can proceed for now
A federal judge ruled preservationists unlikely to halt the $400 million White House ballroom project funded by private donors, allowing construction to continue pending amended lawsuit.
- This week, Judge Richard J. Leon allowed construction to proceed, rejecting the National Trust for Historic Preservation's bid to stop the 90,000-square-foot ballroom, saying preservationists failed to meet the high bar to stop work for now.
- Amid preservationist objections, questions arose about congressional authority after the White House announced the ballroom in July and cleared the East Wing by October.
- The White House argued the project is privately funded, with the Trust for the National Mall managing $400 million and donors including Palantir, Lockheed Martin, and Meta.
- The National Commission on Capital Planning will hold a public hearing and the 12-member commission will vote on March 5, after new Feb. 13 renderings by architect Shalom Baranes showed an East Wing longer than the West Wing blocking Treasury Building views from the South Lawn.
- Critics noted the project’s scale at 90,000 square feet, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, saying 'Trump's gold-encrusted ballroom has become a vehicle for corruption' and Carol Quillen, CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, warning it will overwhelm the 55,000-square-foot White House.
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This court ruling makes Donald Trump cheer. His provocative ballroom in the east wing of the White House is allowed to be built. The National Trust for Historic Preservation had filed a lawsuit against Trump's megalomaniac construction project.
The Billings Gazette
Federal court approves White House ballroom
WASHINGTON — A federal judge rejected a preservationist group's request Thursday to block the Trump administration from continuing construction of a $400 million ballroom where it demolished the East Wing of the White House.
Federal judge allows Trump’s $400M White House ballroom to move forward
A federal judge on Thursday denied a legal challenge to President Donald Trump's White House ballroom project, clearing the way for construction on the estimated $400 million expansion to proceed.U.S. District Judge Richard Leon denied the injunction sought by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, saying the group was unlikely to succeed on the merits. The group sued the Trump administration in December to halt construction, arguing it s…
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