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White House Ballroom Battle Heats Up | Durham News
The Trump administration is racing to finish a controversial White House ballroom expansion, claiming it’s 65% complete and undoing it now would be unsafe and destabilizing — especially amid alleged assassination threats. They’re asking the Supreme Court for an emergency halt to a lower court injunction that blocked the project, arguing the President has inherent authority to renovate the executive mansion like past leaders. Critics, including Senate Democrats demanding an audit, say Congress must approve such spending — and a divided appeals court agreed. With construction already underway…
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