US EditionDOJ Asks Court to Unblock White House Ballroom Construction over ‘Grave National-Security Harms’
The administration says the pause leaves the White House exposed and threatens national security while the appeals court weighs a rapid challenge.
- On Friday, the Trump administration filed an emergency motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, seeking to block a lower court's order pausing construction on the $400 million White House ballroom project.
- U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled last Tuesday that the project must stop, concluding "no statute comes close to giving the President the authority" to build without congressional approval.
- Arguing the ruling threatens "grave national-security harms," the Justice Department warned that halting construction leaves the executive mansion "open and exposed" to potential attacks.
- Lawyers for the National Trust for Historic Preservation must file their response by Wednesday at 5 p.m., with the Justice Department due to reply by Thursday at 5 p.m.
- Critics have filed over 9,000 pages of comments describing the ballroom as an "eyesore," while the legal dispute reflects President Donald Trump's broader efforts to challenge statutory limits on executive power.
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DOJ asks court to unblock White House ballroom construction over ‘grave national-security harms’
The Trump administration is urging a federal appeals court to allow construction of the White House ballroom to continue on grounds of national security, underscoring the implications if the addition is halted by a lower court’s ruling. The Justice Department filed an emergency appeal to the U.S.…
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