"The Trump administration can continue building a $400 million White House ballroom at the site of the former East Wing, a US appeals court ruled on Friday. The three-judge panel granted the administration a stay of an order that had aimed to halt most aboveground construction."
"The US district judge Richard Leon had initially halted construction of the ballroom in March because of that lack of congressional approval before an appeals court ordered him to reconsider the national security implications of the pause."
"Trump has maintained that the ballroom project is being financed by private donors and large corporations among them Meta, Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Palantir, Google and Comcast."
A US appeals court ruled that the Trump administration can continue construction of a $400 million ballroom at the former East Wing site. This decision follows a lawsuit from the National Trust for Historic Preservation questioning Trump's authority to proceed without congressional approval. A previous order had halted construction due to this lack of approval, citing national security concerns. The appeals court granted a stay to allow further consideration of the case, with the next hearing scheduled for June 5. Funding for the project comes from private donors and corporations.
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