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Work on Trump’s prized $400M White House ballroom can resume for at least a few more days: court

Nypost · · 567 words · By Ryan King
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“Work on Trump’s prized $400M White House ballroom can resume for at least a few more days: court”
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The provided evidence only contains general Wikipedia articles about the White House and its reconstruction history, but none of the sources confirm the specific claim that 'Work on Trump’s prized $400M White House ballroom can resume for at least a few more days: court.'
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it has served as the residence of every U.S. …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The White House press secretary is a senior White House official whose primary responsibility is to act as spokesperson for the executive branch of the United States federal government, especially wit…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The White House Reconstruction, also known as the Truman Reconstruction, was a comprehensive dismantling and rebuilding of the interior of the White House from 1949 to 1952. In 1948, after nearly a ce…
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“A lower-court judge previously imposed a preliminary injunction against the project late last month, with the stop order set to take effect April 14.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — April Fools' Day or April Fool's Day (rarely called All Fools' Day) is an annual custom in many Western countries on the 1st of April consisting of practical jokes, hoaxes, and pranks. Jokesters often…
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“A three-judge panel on a federal appeals court just extended that deadline to April 17 to give it more time to consider the administration’s argument that if the project is stopped now, it will leave the White House vulnerable.”
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The provided evidence only contains general Wikipedia articles about the month of April and the White House, but none of the sources confirm the specific claim that 'A three-judge panel on a federal appeals court extended a deadline to April 17 to consider the administration's argument regarding the White House's vulnerability if construction stops.'
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — April 17 is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 258 days remain until the end of the year.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it has served as the residence of every U.S. …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The White House press secretary is a senior White House official whose primary responsibility is to act as spokesperson for the executive branch of the United States federal government, especially wit…
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““A district judge ordered the President to halt ongoing reconstruction … leaving a massive excavation and structurally completed site adjacent to the now open and exposed Executive Mansion and threatening grave national-security harms,” Trump’s team argued in court documents to the appeals court last week.”
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“The three-judge panel on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit then ruled 2-1 to give the brief extension, concluding it could not “fairly determine, on this hurried record,” how national security concerns impact the case.”
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“In tandem with the ballroom construction, Trump’s team appears to be working on renovations to the White House “doomsday” bunker that sits below where the East Wing once stood.”
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“The intended White House ballroom sits over the Presidential Emergency Operations Center, a nuclear bunker built in the 1940s.”
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“Since the Trump administration began facing litigation over the new ballroom, it has repeatedly cited national security concerns to justify continued work on the project.”
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“late last month, Judge Richard Leon, a President George W. Bush appointee, ruled that “unless and until Congress blesses this project through statutory authorization, construction has to stop!””
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“The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a nonprofit group chartered by Congress to help with preservation efforts for historic buildings in the US, began suing Trump over his plans for a 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom last year.”
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No evidence was gathered for this claim, and the provided evidence does not mention the National Trust for Historic Preservation suing over a 90,000-square-foot ballroom.
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“The group has complained that Congress was not involved in the decision-making process behind the ritzy ballroom construction plans.”
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“The National Trust is also suing the president’s team over renovations to the Trump-Kennedy Center.”
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“The ballroom project has long been a dream of Trump’s, who offered to pay for it during the Obama administration but was turned down.”
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“The president has courted private donors, and kicked in money himself, to help foot the bill for the massive complex, which is set to be larger than the White House itself.”
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