DC Court Extends Stay on White House Ballroom as Supreme Court Review Looms

A DC appeals court extended the pause on White House ballroom construction through April 17 to give the Trump administration time to seek Supreme Court review of a lower-court injunction. The majority questioned the administration’s national-security justifications, remanding unresolved factual questions to the lower court about the scope of the national-security exception, and noted the project is long-term (begun after tearing down the East Wing) with preservation and authorization concerns swirling around it.