SCOTUS Allows White House To Continue Ballroom Work

August 21, 2026 4:52 pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing the White House to continue construction on President Donald Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom project for now. Chief Justice John Roberts signed a temporary order on Friday letting work continue as the court considers an emergency appeal from Trump’s Republican administration. The temporary order came hours before lower-court rulings would have forced a halt to aboveground construction of the project because Trump didn’t get congressional approval. The case is the latest test of Trump’s unprecedented assertion of presidential power to come before the nation’s highest court.  (Photo:  AP)