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’s proposed ballroom has not been judicially halted as of the latest reporting; the has filed suit seeking a preliminary injunction, a federal judge has signaled skepticism of the administration’s leg...
in October 2025 and the ballroom project has continued to move forward rather than being halted; demolition, site work and visible construction activity were documented through late 2025 and officials...
The ballroom project has not been halted as of late January 2026: demolition and underground work proceeded after the East Wing was torn down, and visible construction continues while a by the seeks t...
A federal judge has not imposed an immediate, blanket court order permanently stopping all work on the East Wing demolition and ballroom project, but the litigation has forced judicial scrutiny and a ...
President Trump has begun demolition of the White House East Wing and moved forward with a privately funded, roughly $200–$300 million, 90,000‑sq‑ft ballroom project without completing the typical fed...
ballroom project has not been halted: demolition and below‑ground/site preparation have proceeded and courts so far declined to impose an immediate stop, even as preservationists have sued and sought ...
Donald Trump began demolition of the White House East Wing and site preparation for a 90,000‑square‑foot “ballroom” months before formal plans were filed; the White House has not yet submitted full pl...
The National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) contains a statutory exemption—Section 107—that removes the White House from the Act’s Section 106 review requirements, meaning the White House is to unde...
The available contemporaneous reporting shows that demolition of part of the White House East Wing has begun to make way for a new ballroom while as of the articles’ publication on October 21–22, 2025...
sued to stop construction of ’s White House ballroom, alleging the administration began demolition and work without legally mandated reviews, public input or congressional authorization and thereby vi...
’s East Wing project is already underway: the in October 2025 and the site has been under construction since at least September 2025 as part of a planned replacement that includes a large ballroom and...
’s East Wing — torn down in October 2025 to make way for a new, privately funded ballroom and expanded East Wing — has not been reported as stopped; demolition and building activity were still describ...
Section 107 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) exempts the White House, the U.S. Capitol and the Supreme Court from the NHPA’s Section 106 review process, meaning those three sites are n...
Available reporting shows the East Wing demolition began in mid–late October 2025 — reports give specific start/demolition dates of Oct. 20–23, 2025 — and the White House says it authorized and moved ...
The White House asserts that the East Wing demolition and proposed ballroom are , and officials say the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) does not permit or review demolition — only vertical...
No court has ordered construction of East Wing ballroom to stop as of the most recent reporting; a federal judge has signaled strong skepticism about the administration’s legal arguments and has indic...
The ballroom renovation was initiated and greenlit by President Donald J. Trump, who has asserted he alone has the legal authority to modernize and renovate the White House, and the administration mov...
has not been legally halted as of late January 2026: demolition and underground work have proceeded while a preservation group’s lawsuit seeks a preliminary injunction that a judge has said he will de...
The was demolished in October 2025 and work on the replacement ballroom and East Wing site is ongoing; it has not been halted by regulators or courts as of the latest public reporting, though legal ch...
The approval process for White House renovations is a patchwork of formal statutes, advisory reviews, and de facto presidential control: the Executive Office manages the residence, federal preservatio...