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Trump loses again as his ballroom's above-ground construction is blocked by judge

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U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon again blocked the majority of construction on President Donald Trump's White House ballroom.In a 10-page opinion on Thursday, Leon noted that the circuit court had ordered him to revise an earlier ruling after Trump claimed that a national security exception would allow him to construct the entire ballroom.Leon's…

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