Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is matter of national security
Court filing was response to lawsuit asking judge to halt project until it goes through independent reviews and wins approval from CongressUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s administration argued Monday in a court filing that the president’s White House ballroom construction...
<p>Court filing was response to lawsuit asking judge to halt project until it goes through independent reviews and wins approval from Congress</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/dec/16/trump-hegseth-rubio-politics-live-updates">US politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Donald Trump’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">administration</a> argued Monday in a court filing that the president’s White House ballroom construction project must continue for reasons of national security.</p><p>The filing came in response to a lawsuit filed three days earlier by the National Trust for Historic Preservation asking a federal judge to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/12/lawsuit-trump-white-house-ballroom">halt</a> the ballroom project until it goes through multiple independent reviews and wins approval from Congress.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/16/trump-white-house-ballroom-national-security">Continue reading...</a>
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