{
  "id": 282076,
  "title": "Trump says he'll appeal to Supreme Court after judges block White House ballroom construction",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/trump-says-hell-appeal-to-supreme-court-after-judges-block-white",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-07T21:27:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-appeal-supreme-court-judges-block-white-house-ballroom-construction/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A US appeals court has ruled that President Trump cannot build a White House ballroom without congressional approval. The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit agreed with a lower court that the construction required explicit consent from Congress. According to CBS News, President Trump plans to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court.\n\nThe court's decision was in response to a lawsuit filed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which argued that the Trump administration did not have the authority to undertake the project without congressional approval. The three-judge panel, in a 2-1 decision, stated that \"each President is a temporary tenant, not the owner, of the White House and its Executive Residence.\"\n\nThe construction project, estimated to cost $400m, had been blocked twice by a federal judge before the appeals court made its ruling. The court's decision upholds a preliminary injunction won by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which had sued after the administration began the project by tearing down the East Wing last year.",
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "US appeals court halts Trump ballroom project paving way for Supreme Court showdown",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/us-appeals-court-halts-trump-ballroom-project-paving-way-for-supreme-276283",
        "published": "2026-08-07T16:56:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "Court halts Trump’s ballroom construction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/court-halts-trumps-ballroom-construction",
        "published": "2026-08-08T00:36:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Trump vows appeal over ballroom halt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/trump-vows-appeal-over-ballroom-halt",
        "published": "2026-08-08T08:49:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}