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The Supreme Court just ruled 5-4 that construction of Trump’s new White House ballroom can proceed, dismissing the National Trust’s lawsuit over historic preservation grounds — they couldn’t prove personal harm. The project, funded by private donors and justified as vital for national security, bypassed a 1912 law requiring congressional approval for new D.C. buildings. A lower court had halted it, but the high court sided with the president, emphasizing the group’s lack of standing. With legal hurdles cleared, the ballroom moves forward — a stark clash between presidential ambition and historic preservation.

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