By Mukesh 
A Federal Appeals Court is allowing President Donald Trump to continue building a $400 million ballroom at the White House, ruling a day after a lower court judge continued to block above-ground construction on the site of the former East Wing.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit late Friday (April 18, 2026) put on temporary hold the order by U.S. District Judge Richard Leon halting part of the project. The panel scheduled a hearing for June 5 to review the case.