Trump’s $400 million ballroom fight reveals what’s really being built beneath the White House

The administration says the project includes underground security infrastructure, arguing that the ballroom is an integral part of protecting the complex.

White House construction pictured on August 10, 2026, in Washington, D.C. [Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images]

After President Donald Trump’s plan to build a lavish ballroom next to the White House hit a major roadblock, his administration is asking the highest court in the land to green-light construction.

On Friday, the Trump administration sent an emergency filing to the Supreme Court claiming that a mandated freeze on the ballroom’s construction amounts to a national security threat. If the Supreme Court doesn’t........

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