Supreme Court allows White House ballroom construction to continue

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed construction of President Donald Trump's proposed White House ballroom to continue, ruling in a 5-4 decision that the group challenging the project likely lacks the legal standing to sue. The unsigned opinion from the court's conservative majority does not settle the underlying question of whether the project is lawful, but it effectively clears the way for work to proceed while litigation continues in lower courts. The decision lifts a lower court order that had halted most aboveground construction.