Judges wrote in a new ruling that deciding whether the White House needs a new wing is “not a matter for Executive self-help”

The Supreme Court divided 5-4 in allowing construction of the new White House ballroom to continue.

The National Trust has sued the Trump administration, arguing the White House doesn’t have authority to build the ballroom without congressional authorization—which lower cour

Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the president’s emergency application to allow construction to continue after an appeals court halted the project

Acting on an emergency appeal, a divided court said a federal judge wrongly paused the project until a legal fight could be resolved.

Another legal battle over the 2026 midterms reached the Tuesday as the Trump administration asked the justices to restore broad access for states to a federal database of some, but not all, U.S. citizens.