The US Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump to continue construction of his White House ballroom, granting him a major victory against opponents of the project.

Trump in a social media post welcomed the ruling and called the legal challenge baseless. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Trump in a social media post welcomed the ruling and called the legal challenge baseless. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The conservative-dominated court voted 5-4 to lift a lower order demanding construction be halted.

Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court ruled Monday that President Donald Trump's massive $400 million White House ballroom project can continue -- over dissent from Chief Justice John Roberts and three other justices.

Supreme Court permits Trump’s White House ballroom construction, lifting a halt amid ongoing legal challenges from preservationists.

Supreme Court permits Trump’s White House ballroom construction, lifting a halt amid ongoing legal challenges from preservationists.

The Trump administration asked the justices to intervene after federal courts found the project must halt because it didn't have congressional approval.

The Trump administration asked the justices to intervene after federal courts found the project must halt because it didn't have congressional approval.

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to continue the White House ballroom project while litigation proceeds. The split order keeps construction moving and sharpens questions over executive power and oversight.

The US Supreme Court allowed Donald Trump's administration to continue White House ballroom construction while its appeal proceeds. The ruling sharpened the dispute over congressional approval, legal standing and national security claims.

The Supreme Court is allowing the White House to continue construction on President Donald Trump’s ballroom project while his administration appeals a judge’s order halting the work.

On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump can move forward with the construction of his much-demanded White House ballroom.

The lawsuit will return to lower courts, but documents say that key portions of the project could be complete within months.

Chief Justice John Roberts warned the White House ballroom project is "likely unlawful," but the Supreme Court let construction continue for now.

SCOTUS ruled a historian who sued didn't have standing after all to block Trump from building a ballroom where the East Wing of the White House used to be.

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday permitted President Trump to proceed with plans to build the White House ballroom. Why it matters: The 5-4 ruling is likely the final word on the project, which can now proceed with above-ground work after it was halted while the case played out in court. Driving the news: The majority decision noted that the justices did "not pass upon the legality of the government's East Wing project." • They concluded only that, based on the submissions before the court, "the government is likely to prevail" in showing that the National Trust for Historic Preservation "lacks standing" to challenge the project in federal court "and that the remaining stay factors favor relief." • Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented. Zoom in: In his dissenting opinion, Roberts wrote that construction was "likely unlawful." • The court is allowing construction to proceed "not because that construction is legal," but because the Trust…