A US federal appeals court ordered Donald Trump's administration to stop construction on a $400 million ballroom on the site of the White House's demolished East Wing, dealing the Republican leader a major setback in a case testing his presidential authority.

The court's move sets up another battle in the US Supreme Court over the limits of presidential authority. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The court's move sets up another battle in the US Supreme Court over the limits of presidential authority. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A federal appeals court on Friday ordered President Donald Trump's administration to stop ​construction on a $400 million ballroom on the site of the White House's demolished East Wing.

In a 2-1 decision, the US Court of Appeals sided with historic preservationists who sued to stop construction. The court said it would stay its own ruling for two weeks to allow the administration to appeal to the US Supreme Court.

Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that U.S. President Donald Trump's $400 million ballroom at the White House is unlawful and blocked further work on it.

A federal appeals court ruled that President Trump lacks the authority to build a ballroom at the White House without congressional approval.

A U.S. appeals court halts Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom project, allowing for a potential Supreme Court appeal.

The ballroom is expected to cost as much as $600 million.

WASHINGTON: A United States federal appeals court on Friday (Aug 7) ordered US President Donald Trump’s administration to stop construction on a US$400 million ballroom on the site of the White House's demolished E

WASHINGTON: A United States federal appeals court on Friday (Aug 7) ordered US President Donald Trump’s administration to stop construction on a US$400 million ballroom on the site of the White House's demolished E

A federal appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration must stop construction of the $400 million White House ballroom because Congress has not approved the project.

A federal appeals court ordered President Trump to stop construction on his White House ballroom project, ruling that he should have asked Congress for permission before razing the old East Wing and s

A US appeals court ordered Donald Trump's administration to stop above-ground work on a $400 million White House ballroom. The ruling said any fundamental change to the White House needs Congress approval, and Trump plans to appeal.

President Trump said on social media that the administration will immediately appeal what he called an “unjust decision” to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The ongoing lawfare nonsense to oppose President Trump on absolutely everything continued Friday with the news that two left-wing judges have ordered a halt on construction of the White House ballroom. | Politics

Aug 7 - When the U.S. Supreme Court in June ruled in favor of broad citizenship rights for babies born in the United States, one of the most conservative justices complained that the decision was so sweeping it would even cover so-called birth tourists. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Trump vows an immediate Supreme Court appeal after a federal appeals court ordered construction halted on his "massive" White House ballroom project.

US President Donald Trump has signed two new executive orders aimed at restricting birth tourism and narrowing birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court struck down his earlier effort.Speaking...

The White House is taking particular aim at what it calls "birth tourism", in which pregnant foreigners travel to the US to give birth.

President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday in a new but narrower attempt to curtail birthright citizenship, once again challenging a provision of the Constitution even ​though the Supreme Court rejected his previous effort.

An appeals court had earlier ordered the halting of the $400-million White House ballroom project.