Appeals court allows Trump's White House ballroom construction to continue into June

A federal appeals court allowed construction to continue on President Donald Trump's new White House ballroom until June, just a day after a federal judge halted progress.

A federal appeals court on Friday allowed construction to continue on President Donald Trump’s new White House ballroom until June, just a day after a federal judge halted progress.

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The three-judge panel on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C., wrote in an order Friday that construction can continue both on the aboveground, 90,000-square-foot ballroom and the underground military bunker that Trump has included in the $400 million project to replace the East Wing.

The order scheduled oral arguments over the legality of the ballroom construction for June 5.