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Shrai Popat in Washington

Trump asks ⁠US supreme court to allow construction of White House ballroom

a man speaks next to a construction site
Donald Trump at the site of construction of the planned White House ballroom in Washington DC on 19 May 2026. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

The Trump administration has asked ⁠the ⁠US supreme court to allow construction of the president’s controversial $400m ⁠White House ballroom to proceed after ​an ‌appeals ‌court ordered work to halt.

In a case testing Donald Trump’s presidential authority, the Washington-based US ⁠court of ​appeals for the District of Columbia circuit ruled last week that the controversial ‌project lacked the necessary approval from US Congress.

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