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BREAKING: Federal Judge LIMITS Construction on President Trump’s Privately-Funded White House Ballroom

Apr 16, 2026Far Right

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.

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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…

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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.

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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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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.

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