Trump asks Supreme Court to let White House ballroom construction continue during appeal
President Donald Trump's administration has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to allow construction of a $400 million ballroom at the White House to continue while it appeals a lower court order halting the work. The administration argues that the project is urgently needed for national security purposes, citing a recent threat of a missile attack on Air Force One.
The lower court had ruled that Congress had not approved the $400 million project, which would be built where the East Wing of the White House once stood. The Supreme Court has set a deadline of August 21 for the administration to respond to the plaintiffs' appeal.
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