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Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s $400M White House Ballroom Plan

8/17/2026

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A federal appeals court ruled the administration lacked congressional authority for the $400 million White House ballroom.
President Donald Trump posted images with George Washington while seeking Supreme Court relief for the ballroom.
Trump told sailors’ families they were not worried.
He said the deployment was not long enough.
Crew members of the USS Abraham Lincoln said they lived in a floating prison, with one sailor rescued after a jump overboard.

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A federal appeals court ruled the administration lacked congressional authority for the $400 million White House ballroom.
President Donald Trump posted images with George Washington while seeking Supreme Court relief for the ballroom.
Trump told sailors’ families they were not worried.
He said the deployment was not long enough.
Crew members of the USS Abraham Lincoln said they lived in a floating prison, with one sailor rescued after a jump overboard.