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Appeals court lets Trump resume White House ballroom construction, seeks lower court clarity

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A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Saturday cleared the way for President Donald Trump to temporarily resume construction of his planned White House ballroom, granting a near-term win to the administration as it pushes forward with the nearly $400 million project.
The case stems from a lawsuit filed late last year by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which sought to block the construction. The group argued that the project violates multiple federal laws, including the Administrative Procedure Act and the National Environmental Policy Act, and charged that the plans amounted to executive overreach without required approval from Congress and federal planning bodies.
A lower court judge last month put the project on hold, triggering the administration’s appeal.
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt shows a rendering of the ballroom to reporters. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, in March issued a preliminary injunction blocking construction of the ballroom, finding the Trump administration likely lacked the legal authority to proceed without congressional approval. He said the government had not shown it had clear authorization to replace parts of the East Wing with a privately funded structure.
Leon’s order paused most construction work on the ballroom, though he allowed activity tied to White House security concerns, and briefly delayed enforcement of his ruling until mid-April, to give the administration time to appeal the case to a higher court.
The Trump administration quickly asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to intervene, arguing that the project is critical to the safety and security of the «president, his family, and White House staff.»
The 2-1 ruling from the circuit court did not immediately side with the Trump administration, but gave it temporary relief.
A majority of judges on the panel said the court needed more explanation from Leon before deciding whether construction should remain blocked.
Specifically, the judges asked Leon to clarify whether stopping the project would harm national security, as the Trump administration claims.
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President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House. (Alex Brandon/AP)
The appeals court also paused Leon’s order through April 17, giving the Trump administration time to ask the Supreme Court for emergency intervention if it chooses.
For now, the case will return to the district court for further explanation.
Trump first announced plans for the 90,000-square-foot ballroom in July, initially estimating the cost at around $200 million. He has said the project would be funded «100% by me and some friends of mine.»
Lawyers for the administration have pushed back on the lawsuit, arguing the president has authority over White House construction decisions and that Congress does not need to approve the project.
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The White House demolition process of the East Wing. (The Associated Press)
«No taxpayer dollars are being used for the funding of this beautiful, desperately needed, and completely secure… ballroom,» Justice Department lawyers said in court filings.
They added that past White House expansions, including the East and West Wings, did not require congressional involvement in their design or construction.
The National Trust, meanwhile, maintains the project cannot move forward without complying with federal law and proper review processes.
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The Justice Department declined to comment on the ongoing litigation or whether it plans to seek Supreme Court intervention.
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Trump unloads after Supreme Court upholds late mail-in ballots in Mississippi

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President Donald Trump on Monday blasted a Supreme Court opinion upholding a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots received up to five days after Election Day to be counted.
The ruling in Watson v. RNC pitted Trump against some of the justices he appointed and dealt a blow to his push for stricter election rules by upholding Mississippi’s practice of counting late-arriving mail-in ballots. The decision also prompted a rebuke from one of the Republican senators Trump singled out in a scathing response, after the senator noted he already supports legislation requiring ballots to be received by Election Day.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a Trump nominee, rebuked Republicans’ arguments in the case, writing that as long as Election Day is the statutorily required date on which a vote is submitted and that «election-day statutes do not set a deadline for ballot receipt.»
Trump fired back hours later on Truth Social, calling the case a «tremendous loss» for voters’ rights and saying the ruling means Congress must moot it immediately by passing the SAVE America Act.
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President Donald Trump addresses reporters at the White House. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
The bill, led by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, in the House and Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., in the Senate, would require nationwide voter ID and essentially ban no-excuse mail-in balloting.
«It is more important than ever to pass the SAVE America Act,» he said.
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«There is no excuse for a politician, or otherwise, to be against the above three requirements,» he said, citing voter-ID, proof-of-citizenship, and only distributing mail-in ballots to military members, the sick and disabled and those voters traveling away from their home precinct on Election Day.
«There is only one reason to oppose — cheating,» he said, adding that the House approved the SAVE Act in three different iterations.
«In a time when there is a powerful Communist movement taking place in our country, one more dangerous than World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor, or Sept. 11, all Dumocrats (sic) and our five Republican Senate Hold Outs, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Thom Tillis, Bill Cassidy, and Mitch McConnell must vote to save our country.»
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People with signs supporting the SAVE act at Upper Senate Park. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to Senate leaders John Thune, R-S.D., and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., as well as each of the senators Trump mentioned.
Cassidy incredulously replied that the president may need to fact-check his missive, as the Louisiana Republican is a co-sponsor of the SAVE Act.
«I don’t know which staffer misled you, but thank you for your attention to this matter,» Cassidy said, mimicking Trump’s signature statement-closer.
Trump and Cassidy have sparred in other respects, but the two appear in agreement on the bill’s contents. However, Cassidy added that it is «irresponsible» to postpone a now-paused Housing bill signing until the SAVE Act is passed because people deserve «relief… for the high cost of housing.»
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Thune’s office declined further comment, while McConnell’s acknowledged receipt and said the former majority leader would share any comment if he has one in the interim.
While Trump grouped all Democrats in opposition, one maverick member of the minority has signaled he would support a pared-down version that would require voter ID.
«If the GOP wants real reform over a show vote––put out a clean, standalone bill and I’m AYE,» Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman said in a recent statement.
«Keep it basic: PHOTO ID to vote. Stop turning this into a Christmas list and attacking vote-by-mail.»
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If the Senate were to approve the House-passed version of the SAVE Act, it could upend or at least moot parts of the Supreme Court’s Watson decision.
Calls for the SAVE America Act’s passage mounted in the weeks before the decision as critics pointed to California’s ballot tabulation process after actor Spencer Pratt was overtaken by socialist Councilwoman Nithya Raman, D-Los Feliz, and eliminated from the runoff. Critics also cited the slow pace at which Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton were declared general election candidates for governor after a crowded primary.
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La doble tragedia de 147 venezolanos deportados por Trump: estaban alojados en un hotel que colapsó en La Guaira

El hotel donde se alojaba en forma provisional un grupo de 147 inmigrantes venezolanos recién deportados por Estados Unidos a Venezuela se derrumbó en La Guaira durante los dos fuertes terremotos que sacudieron el miércoles pasado el país.
Solo 12 de ellos fueron rescatados. El resto se encuentra desaparecido, según un informe publicado este lunes por el diario El País de España.
Se trata de 120 hombres y 19 mujeres que habían estado en varios centros de detención para migrantes en distintos puntos de Estados Unidos.
Todos habían llegado en el vuelo 164 al aeropuerto internacional de Maiquetía, en las afueras de Caracas, horas antes de los sismos. Luego, fueron conducidos por agentes del Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia Nacional (Sebin) hacia el Hotel Santuario La Llanada, en el estado de La Guaira.
La zona fue la más golpeada por los dos terremotos de 7,2 y 7,5 grados el miércoles pasado y que dejaron alrededor de 1500 muertos, según las cifras provisionales del gobierno venezolano.
Qué pasó con los 147 venezolanos deportados
El hotel era utilizado para alojar a los migrantes expulsados por el gobierno de Donald Trump.
Se calcula que unos 14.000 venezolanos fueron repatriados desde Estados Unidos desde el 2025. Los equipos de rescate de Jordania recorren una zona afectada por los terremotos en La Guaira, Venezuela, el lunes 29 de junio de 2026. (Foto AP/Fernando Vergara)
En el hotel los deportados debían pasar por una serie de trámites burocráticos antes de volver a sus respectivos lugares de origen.
En uno de los dormitorios del hotel, al momento de los sismos, se hallaba Joan, de 28 años, detenido en la Florida por agentes migratorios. Según el periódico, alcanzó a ponerse los zapatos y una camisa y gritó: “¡Es un terremoto, es un terremoto!”
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Su esposa, Daniela, relató poco después: “Está en shock. Cuando ya estaba por llegar a la puerta, el hotel colapsó, él quedó bajo los escombros. Dice que sobrevivió porque una litera le cayó encima. Los colchones lo ayudaron a resistir el peso”.
Según comentó, su marido “estuvo tres horas bajo los escombros, escarbando, y logró salir por sus propios medios. Cuando salió, intentó ayudar lo más que pudo, intentó rescatar a varias personas vivas y a otras que lamentablemente no lo lograron”.
Algunos lograron también salir de debajo de los escombros.
“Los sobrevivientes ayudábamos a rescatar, pero no teníamos herramientas, estamos hablando de un techo de casi 1000 kilos, ¿quién va a poder con eso?”, contó Juan Manuel Fernández Quintero, uno de los 147 deportados. Algunos de los rostros de los 147 deportados (Foto: Cortesía/El País)
Anderson Daniel Salcedo Lozano, de 21 años, sobrevivió, pero sigue hospitalizado en el Hospital José María Vargas, de Caracas. Le amputaron las dos piernas y su pronóstico es crítico.
Sus padres denunciaron que su hijo se pudo haber salvado. Según El País, uno de los sobrevivientes contó que los deportados que permanecían en el hotel les rogaron a gritos a los funcionarios del Sebin que “les abrieran (las puertas), que les abrieran, porque estaba temblando, y ellos no les abrieron. Los dejaron encerrados como si fueran unos ladrones, unos matones”, dijo la madre de Anderson, Yulis Salcedo.
“Si vienen de regreso a su Patria, ¿por qué se lo entregan al Sebin (el principal órgano de inteligencia del Gobierno venezolano)? Si los traen de allá háganles el proceso y mandenlos a cada uno para su casa. ¿Cómo es posible que los traigan de allá, a donde van a buscar una mejor vida, y los tengan de retén?”, afirmó la mujer.
Además, se preguntó: “¿Por qué no les abrieron la puerta si sabían que no tenían antecedentes penales? Tengo mucho dolor, mucho, mi hijo ya se quería regresar a su patria, porque el Gobierno de Estados Unidos no lo dejó trabajar allá, y mire cómo los reciben acá, como unos presos, como unos detenidos. ¿Por qué no los soltaron? Si hoy muchos están muertos, es porque el Sebin no les quiso abrir la puerta, y ningún funcionario se ha acercado acá al hospital a preguntar por ninguno de los deportados”.
Verónica Nieves, que busca a su cuñada Yamil Calderas, señaló: “Allí aún hay gente con vida, apenas han habido rescatistas, gente que pueda auxiliar”.
El diario madrileño dijo incluso que algunos familiares denunciaron que los funcionarios del Sebin no los dejan ir a socorrer a las personas atrapadas por el derrumbe.
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