‘We’re going to wonder why we didn’t do it earlier’: Trump’s White House ballroom gets a stamp of approval

A judge just ordered the ballroom halted, but that didn’t stop the National Capital Planning Commission from signing off on the project.

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Days after a U.S. district court judge ordered the White House to stop construction on its proposed ballroom expansion, a powerful federal commission just granted the project its formal approval.

At the April 2 meeting of the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), a largely-Trump aligned panel voted with a large majority to support the design of the White House ballroom. Eight of the 11 commissioners at the meeting voted in support. Two commissioners........

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