(The Center Square) - The Trump administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow continued construction on the White House ballroom.Â
Construction of the ballroom, which has taken over the East Wing of the White House, has gone on for the past several months. A panel of district judges in the District of Columbia halted the project's construction in an order last week.Â
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