Halting $400m White House ballroom project is national security risk, Trump officials say
by Associated Press from on (#74QFV)
US National Park Service lawyers cite materials that will be installed to make heavily fortified' facility
Donald Trump's administration is arguing that a judge's order to halt construction of a $400m White House ballroom creates a security risk for the US president as his team asks a federal appeals court to pause the ruling.
In a motion filed on Friday, US National Park Service (NPS) lawyers say that the federal judge's order to suspend construction of the new facility is threatening grave national-security harms to the White House, the president and his family, and the president's staff".
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