# US court blocks Trump’s 400 mn dollar White House ballroom project 2026-08-07T21:03:48+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet (2 source reports) A US federal appeals court has blocked former President Donald Trump's plan to build a $400 million ballroom at the White House, ruling that the executive branch cannot make major alterations without congressional approval. The 2-1 decision by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld an earlier injunction sought by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The trust had sued after the Trump administration demolished the East Wing and began construction of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom without legislative consent. The court stated that the president is a tenant of the White House, not the owner, and cannot unilaterally order significant changes. Trump, who argued the project was essential for security and would include a bomb shelter and medical facilities, called the ruling politically motivated and vowed to appeal to the Supreme Court. The appeals court has stayed its order for 14 days to allow the administration to seek a higher court review. ## Coverage - aajtak.in - aajtak.in (2) This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-09-27T06:05:31+00:00. Tags: अमेरिकी कोर्ट, कांग्रेस, डोनाल्ड ट्रंप, बॉलरूम प्रोजेक्ट, व्हाइट हाउस, सुरक्षा Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/us-court-blocks-trumps-400-mn-dollar-white-house-ballroom-project/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/us-court-blocks-trumps-400-mn-dollar-white-house-ballroom-project/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/