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Judge blocks Trump White House ballroom project for now
The judge said the $400 million project can resume only if Congress authorizes it, leaving the ballroom project on hold during the lawsuit.
- On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon blocked President Donald Trump's $400 million White House ballroom project, granting a preliminary injunction that halts construction on the site of the demolished East Wing.
- The National Trust for Historic Preservation sued the administration in December, alleging it lacked authority to demolish the historic East Wing without congressional approval or consultation with the National Park Service.
- Trump has vowed the ballroom will be the "finest," part of plans for a 250-foot arch, while a Commission of Fine Arts panel voted 6-0 in February to approve the design.
- Calling the White House grounds a "special place" and an "iconic symbol," Leon's ruling represents a setback for the Justice Department, which had defended the project as an allowable alteration.
- The preliminary injunction keeps the ballroom project on hold while the National Trust's lawsuit continues, effectively shifting control over White House alterations from the administration to ongoing legal proceedings.
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Fed Judge Makes White House Ballroom Project Congress’ Problem
‘He Is Not, However, the Owner!’ U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington, D.C. — a George W. Bush appointee — ordered the Trump administration to halt construction on the $400 million ballroom that President Trump’s trying to build over the East Wing of the White House, which he demolished. In order to continue, Leon said, Trump must seek approval from Congress.
Washington, United States. A federal judge in the United States ordered Tuesday to paralyze the construction work of a large dance hall ordered by President Donald Trump after the overthrow of the White House's East Wing.Trump is the “manager” of the White House, but “he is not, however, the owner!” Judge Richard Leon ruled, according to which Congressional approval is necessary. “No statute gives the president the authority he claims to have,” …
Donald Trump wants to redesign his headquarters - on his own. The historic east wing has been demolished, instead a huge festival hall is to be built. But now a court has spoken and the construction project is on ice.
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