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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lindsay Whitehurst and Michael Kunzelman

Supreme Court's chief justice allows work on Trump’s $400M White House ballroom to continue for now

White House Construction - (Copyright 2026 Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday allowed the White House to continue construction on President Donald Trump’s $400 million ballroom project for now, as the Supreme Court considers the Trump administration's emergency request to intervene in lawsuits over the project.

The temporary order comes hours before lower-court rulings would have forced a halt to aboveground construction. It will remain in place until the court issues a more durable decision, though the one-page document does not detail his reasoning or indicate when another ruling will be handed down.

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