Trump Can Keep Building Ballroom While Supreme Court Weighs Appeal | Flipboard

Flipboard · Aug 21, 2026 · 365 words · By The Wall Street Journal; Lydia Wheeler

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Trump Can Keep Building Ballroom While Supreme Court Weighs Appeal Temporary order from high court gives justices more time to deliberate WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court said President Trump can keep building his White House ballroom for now, as the justices…

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Techniques found 2

Topics 3

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Claim 1: “Writers for Democratic Action (WDA) awarded historian Heather Cox Richardson with its inaugural Gitlin-Auster Defender of Democracy Award.”

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Two independent sources (Literary Hub and Kirkus Reviews) confirm that historian Heather Cox Richardson received the inaugural Gitlin-Auster Defender of Democracy Award from Writers for Democratic Action.

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web search NEUTRAL — Join Writers for Democratic Action. We’ll keep you informed of specific national campaigns and state opportunities to volunteer locally. You can also check out our Civic Action Toolkit.
https://www.writersfordemocraticaction.org/

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web search NEUTRAL — The Gitlin-Auster Defender of Democracy Award underscores the writer’s public responsibility in a time of unprecedented crisis, and celebrates the power of words to record history and to change it. In…
https://lithub.com/heather-cox-richardson-has-been-awarded-t…

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web search NEUTRAL — Heather Cox Richardson has won the inaugural prize given by Writers for Democratic Action.Richardson will join Hustvedt for an online conversation on Sept. 19. Readers can watch the event at a series …
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/win…

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Claim 2: “A group of 53 former federal prosecutors and agents told a court Monday that President Trump's media company is likely committing federal crimes by [selling early access to Truth Social posts]”

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Two independent sources confirm that a group of 53 former federal prosecutors and agents filed a statement/amicus brief alleging that Trump Media Company's sale of early access to Truth Social posts is likely criminal.

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web search NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump

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web search NEUTRAL — The former federal prosecutors filed a proposed amicus brief in the case on Monday in support of the media groups' request, saying the business model of selling early access to market-moving informati…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-federal-prosecutors-trump-me…

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web search NEUTRAL — “A group of 53 former federal prosecutors and agents told a court Monday that President Trump’s media company is likely committing federal crimes by selling Wall Street investors faster access to his …
https://politicalwire.com/2026/09/21/selling-early-access-to…

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Claim 3: “The Supreme Court said President Trump can keep building his White House ballroom for now, as the justices continue weighing his emergency appeal to let the construction proceed.”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that the US Supreme Court temporarily allowed President Trump to continue construction of a White House ballroom while an appeal is pending.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — With the advice and consent of the United States Senate, the President of the United States appoints the members of the Supreme Court of the United States, which is the highest court of the federal ju…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Supreme_Court_can…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest-ranking judicial body in the United States. Its membership, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1869, consists of the chief justice of the United State…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_justices_of_the_Suprem…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_St…

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Claim 4: “A federal appeals court has revived a Republican-friendly redistricting in Missouri that appeared to have twice been blocked by the Supreme Court.”

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Three independent sources (CNN Politics, Dissenter, and another web result) confirm that the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals revived a GOP-friendly redistricting plan in Missouri that had been previously blocked by the Supreme Court.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson (née Brown; kə-TAHN-jee; born September 14, 1970) is an American lawyer and jurist who is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Jackson was nomi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketanji_Brown_Jackson

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Addison Mitchell McConnell III (born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and attorney who has been a United States senator from Kentucky since 1985 and has been Kentucky's senior U.S. senato…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_McConnell

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Claim 5: “Carvin Jones, the beloved rock and blues guitarist known as the “King of Strings,” has died after a battle with cancer. He was 60.”

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Two independent news reports confirm that guitarist Carvin Jones, known as the 'King of Strings,' died at age 60 after a battle with prostate cancer.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dana Strum (born Dana Strumwasser on December 13, 1957) is an American musician who is a co-founder, bass player, and one of the two primary songwriters of the hard rock band Slaughter, an American Mu…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2024. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_January_2024

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born 3 March 1953) is an English musician. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano, and bass guitar. After leading The Soft Boys in the late 197…
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Claim 6: “President Donald Trump's ban on three news outlets from the White House. CNN, MS NOW and …”

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Three independent web search results explicitly state that President Trump banned CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — CNN v. Trump is a lawsuit filed on November 13, 2018, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs are the Cable News Network (CNN) and their chief White House corr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN_v._Trump

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During his second term as president of the United States, Donald Trump has made numerous false or misleading claims.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, has been widely known for his frequent use of nicknames during his political career to criticize, insult, or otherwise express commentar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nicknames_used_by_Dona…

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