Supreme Court Lets Trump Ballroom Proceed

Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday issued an administrative stay allowing President Donald Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom project to continue while the Supreme Court reviews the administration’s emergency appeal. The order temporarily blocks a lower-court injunction that would have halted above-ground construction, after lower courts found the project lacked required congressional approval. The planned 90,000-square-foot addition would replace the White House East Wing. Trump’s lawyers told the court the ballroom work is tied to renovation of an underground military bunker and argued a construction halt would affect national security.