Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Greenlight White House Ballroom

The Trump administration has petitioned the Supreme Court to allow the continued construction of a $400 million White House ballroom. This 90,000-square-foot project faces a freeze following an appeals court ruling that it lacked congressional approval. In an emergency filing, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that halting the project now poses a national security threat. If the court does not intervene, construction must cease by August 21 in the former East Wing area.