Federal judge unlikely to block White House ballroom construction

A federal judge said Tuesday that he is unlikely to grant a nonprofit organization’s request to halt construction of the planned ballroom at the White House, after it filed an emergency request in court for him to do so late last week.

U.S. District Judge Richard Leon was deeply skeptical of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s request, stating that he is disinclined to halt construction because the group failed to demonstrate harm during the period the court-ordered pause would likely last, according to The Hill.