# Trump asks Supreme Court to allow White House ballroom construction to continue

https://mins.news/en/item/22354

- BBC News, 2026-08-14 15:10 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3v0yz2r4wlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to let construction of a $400m White House ballroom continue without congressional approval. The administration calls the stop-work order dangerous, while an appeals court had ruled that building must halt pending Congress’s approval.

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