Supreme Court stays injunction, clearing White House ballroom construction to resume

The US Supreme Court on August 21, 2026 stayed a preliminary injunction blocking Donald Trump's US$400 million, 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom. The order, issued without opinion or recorded dissent in case 26A203, halts an April 16 injunction won by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which argued required historic-preservation reviews were bypassed. Construction may proceed while litigation continues.