Published Apr 16, 2026, 12:12 PM ET · Updated 7 months ago · 1 source
Trump rails against court decision that once again stalls his White House ballroom project
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump railed against a federal judge’s decision on Thursday that continues to block above-ground construction of a $400 million White House ballroom, allowing only below-ground work on a bunker and other “national security facilities” at the site. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon’s latest ruling comes in response to an appeals court’s instruction to clarify an earlier decision on the 90,000-square-foot (8,400-square-meter) ballroom planned for the site where it