Trump says he will appeal to Supreme Court after lower court blocks White House ballroom
The panel said Congress must approve the project, but it let below-ground security work continue while the Trump administration appeals.
- On Friday, a divided federal appeals court blocked construction of President Donald Trump's $400 million White House ballroom, ruling Congress must authorize the project. The 2-1 decision halts above-ground work for 14 days, allowing time for appeal.
- The National Trust for Historic Preservation sued in December 2025 to halt the project, arguing the Constitution requires Congressional approval for significant White House structural changes. The lawsuit challenged Trump's unilateral authority over the property.
- President Trump rebranded the ballroom as a "Military Center" on Truth Social and blasted the ruling as "unjust," claiming the structure protects the country and future presidents. His administration argues the project represents the biggest structural change to the White House in more than 70 years.
- Congress refused to fund the $1 billion request in May, yet the court clarified the White House may continue underground construction, including bunkers previously approved by the National Capital Planning Commission.
- The Republican president vowed to immediately appeal the decision to the Supreme Court, calling it an "unjust decision" that must be overturned. The case now moves to the nation's highest court for final resolution.
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A U.S. court has stopped Donald Trump's prestige project: without Congress's approval, the controversial new ballroom in the White House must not be built any further for the time being. US President is raging after this decision.
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By Betsy Klein, Thomas Bordeaux, Devan Cole and Kristen Holmes, CNN President Donald Trump has gotten into a good mess.The future of the construction of his huge ballroom in the East Wing of the White House is uncertain after an appeals court, divided into its decision, ruled on Friday that the project is being carried out illegally.What happens next could remain in the hands of the country's highest court—which Trump said he would appeal to—, p…
President Trump Uses Brilliant New Move To Side Step Activist Judges Trying To Shut Down White House Construction! – 100PercentFedUp.com – by Isaac
President Trump is not letting a divided appeals court have the final word on construction at the White House. After two Democrat-appointed judges backed an order stopping above-ground work on the new ballroom, Trump announced that his administration is taking the fight straight to the United States Supreme Court. But he did more than announce another appeal. The president put the project into a much bigger frame: a heavily protected military an…
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