Federal judge blocks above-ground White House ballroom construction, rejects administration's security argument

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U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to halt all above-ground construction on the planned White House ballroom, ruling that national security concerns do not give the executive branch a blank check to bypass congressional authorization for the 400 million project. The amended order sharpens a legal standoff that has bounced [] The post Federal judge blocks above-ground White House ballroom construction, rejects administration's security argument appeared first on Conservative Institute.