Trump White House Ballroom Project

The National Capital Planning Commission said it will hold a final vote on April 2 on former President Trump’s plan for a privately funded, roughly $400 million, 90,000‑square‑foot White House ballroom — a vote delayed from March 5 after more than 100 people signed up to testify and the commission received tens of thousands of written comments about the October demolition of the East Wing. Meanwhile the National Trust for Historic Preservation has filed a new motion asking U.S. District Judge Richard Leon to halt construction, arguing the president lacks statutory authority to build such a massive, privately funded addition without congressional approval; Leon last week rejected a temporary halt but invited a refocused statutory challenge and said he would consider it.