US Supreme Court allows Trump to continue $400 million White House ballroom construction

The planned ballroom will have an area of about 90,000 square feet and is expected to be completed in stages. Court filings said construction crews were working around the clock and that the project was already about 65 per cent complete.

New Delhi: The US Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to continue construction of a controversial $400 million ballroom at the White House, handing the president a major victory as legal challenges over the project continue.

In a 5-4 decision on Monday, the court blocked lower-court rulings that had sought to halt above-ground construction of the 90,000-square-foot facility. The Supreme Court did not rule on the underlying legality of the project. Instead, the majority found that the........

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