Trump asks Supreme Court to let WH ballroom work continue

The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let the White House continue work on its $400 million ballroom while it appeals a lower-court order to stop. In a filing Friday, the solicitor general petitioned the high court to suspend last week’s ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Chief Justice John Roberts set a deadline of Tuesday for plaintiffs’ response. The appeals court said Congress had not approved the project and that the president lacked unilateral authority to build a 90,000-square-foot ballroom. The administration argued national-security needs, citing a July 8 threat to Air Force One.