US EditionTrump administration files emergency motion to resume ballroom work, citing security issues
The filing says a pause would leave the White House open and exposed as the 90,000-square-foot project nears $400 million.
- On Friday, the Trump administration filed an emergency motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to resume construction on the $400 million White House ballroom, challenging U.S. District Judge Richard Leon's recent injunction halting the project.
- Judge Leon ordered a temporary pause on March 31, concluding that the President lacks authority to renovate the White House without congressional approval; he suspended enforcement for 14 days to allow an appeal.
- Government lawyers argue the injunction leaves the executive mansion "open and exposed," claiming the suspension creates "grave national-security harms to the White House, the President and his family, and the President's staff."
- Judge Leon previously concluded that halting construction would not jeopardize national security, while the administration asserts the President has "complete authority to renovate the White House," dismissing the National Trust for Historic Preservation's lawsuit as "legally baseless."
- The administration requested an expedited decision by Friday, April 10, and sought to extend the 14-day suspension by two weeks to allow a potential appeal to the Supreme Court.
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