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White House ballroom cleared for now, but question remains: Can president legally use donations to build it?
Uncle Sam may receive charitable gifts, but that doesn't give presidents free rein on how to spend those funds.
Trump aides are quietly seeking lawyers, receiving guidance on congressional inquiries and laying the legal groundwork for protecting communications with private advisers.
The Supreme Court divided 5-4 in allowing construction of the new White House ballroom to continue.
President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will welcome Their Majesties King Charles the III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Her Majesty Queen Camilla for a State Dinner this evening, Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
Acting on an emergency appeal, a divided court said a federal judge wrongly paused the project until a legal fight could be resolved.