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Administration says order to halt ballroom work poses security risk
Los Angeles Times
|April 05, 2026
The Trump administration is arguing that a judge's order to halt construction of a $400-million ballroom creates a security risk for President Trump as it asks a federal appeals court to pause the ruling.
THE NATIONAL Capital Planning Commission approved the president's project.
(AL DRAGO Getty Images)
In a motion filed Friday, National Park Service lawyers say that the federal judge’s order to suspend construction of the East Wing ballroom is “threatening grave national-security harms to the White House, the President and his family, and the President's staff.”
“Time is of the essence!” the lawyers write, citing materials that will be installed to make a “heavily fortified” facility. The ballroom construction also includes bomb shelters, military installations and a medical facility, according to the filing.
The ballroom is part of Trump’s plans to remake public buildings and institutions in Washington during his remaining years in office.
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