Trump asks Supreme Court to let White House ballroom construction continue during appeal
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday asked the U. S. Supreme Court to allow the White House to continue construction on its $400 million ballroom project while it appeals a lower court’s order to halt the work. Trump’s solicitor general petitioned the high court to suspend last week’s decision by a three-judge panel from the U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The divided panel ruled last week Trump must stop the White House has...
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