US judge halts Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom project for now

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WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge blocked Donald Trump on Tuesday from proceeding with construction of a $400 million ballroom on the site of the White House’s ‌demolished East Wing, halting for now one of the Republican president’s most visible efforts ‌to reshape the seat of American power.

U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington granted a request for a preliminary injunction ​by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a nonprofit organization that brought a lawsuit alleging Trump exceeded his authority when he razed the historic East Wing and launched construction without approval from Congress.

The decision by Leon, an appointee of Republican President George W. Bush, keeps the 90,000-square-foot ballroom project on hold ‌while the lawsuit continues.

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