Supreme Court lets White House ballroom move full steam ahead

The Supreme Court let construction continue on Trump's White House ballroom project after Chief Justice Roberts issued a stay pausing a lower-court injunction sought by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Trump argues the project, which included demolishing the East Wing, is 65% complete and essential for security, pointing to an underground bunker with bomb shelters and medical facilities built alongside it.

The National Trust says the ballroom won't be usable for years and argues Trump needed congressional approval to alter federal property, not a court order allowing him to plow ahead mid-litigation. The project's price has climbed from an initial $200 million estimate to roughly $400 million by Trump's own figures, with Washington Post reporting suggesting the real total could reach $600 million and taxpayers covering over half — despite the White House's repeated insistence that zero public money is involved.

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