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Supreme Court allows White House ballroom construction to continue

Published 21 August 2026

The Supreme Court on Friday, August 21, 2026, temporarily allowed construction to continue on President Donald Trump's planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom at the White House, issuing an administrative stay that halted lower court orders which would have forced work to stop later that day.

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