US appeals court upholds order to halt construction of Trump's White House ballroom

More than half of the money for the project is coming from taxpayers Alamy Not so fast The ballroom is expected to cost as much as $600 million. AN APPEALS COURT on Friday upheld a US judge’s order to halt construction on President Donald Trump’s prized White House ballroom, but issued a two-week delay to enforcement for a possible Supreme Court appeal. The three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled 2-1 to uphold the judge’s earlier order, which demanded a halt to most above-ground construction at the White House site but had been paused until the appellate court made its decision. In June The Washington Post reported that the ballroom project is expected to cost as much as $600 million (or about €516 million), with more than half coming from taxpayers. Trump had