Federal Appeals Court Slams Brakes On Trump’s White House Ballroom Construction Blitz
1 sourceUpdated Aug 7, 2026
President Donald Trump’s construction blitz seeking to modernize the East Wing of the White House appears to have been handed a major setback after a federal appeals court determined Friday the effort to be illegal.
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