Judge halts above-ground construction of Trump's White House ballroom
The judge allows the underground bunker portion of the project to proceed, while the US president says the ballroom "is needed now".

A U.S. judge blocked Trump from proceeding with above-ground construction of his 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom, in a near-term blow to the administration's plans.
The judge allows the underground bunker portion of the project to proceed, while the US president says the ballroom "is needed now".
A federal judge on Thursday limited the construction on President Trump's privately-funded White House ballroom. The post BREAKING: Federal Judge LIMITS Construction on President Trump’s Privately-Funded White House Ballroom appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
A federal judge wrote that an exception he made for work on security features did not cover most of the construction on the larger ballroom project Trump has proposed.
Judge Richard Leon issued a clarification to his previous ruling on Thursday after President Donald Trump's administration filed an appeal to his stay of the ballroom construction. On March 31, Judge Leon issued a pause on construction after The National Trust for Historic Preservation asked the courts to stop the construction of Trump's 90,000-square-foot…
A federal judge on Thursday issued a new order halting construction of President Donald Trump's much-touted new White House ballroom, finding the administration was using fancy footwork to try to sidestep his previous ruling.
But underground construction work on a presidential bunker underneath the ballroom can continue, the judge said.
A federal judge has limited President Trump’s White House ballroom project to “below-ground construction,” rejecting the administration’s claims that the entire project must proceed for security reasons. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, ruled last month that construction of the $400 million ballroom must…