Supreme Court allows Trump to continue White House ballroom construction

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The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a significant victory on Monday by allowing construction of the White House ballroom project to continue, rebuffing two lower federal courts that had ruled against the president.

The high court ruled 5-4 in favor of allowing the massive East Wing renovation to proceed, finding the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the nonprofit preservationist group that filed the lawsuit, did not have standing to challenge the White House construction project.

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