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Judge Halts Trump’s White House Ballroom Project After Historic Preservation Lawsuit

A federal judge has frozen Donald Trump’s plan for a 999-person, $400 million ballroom at the White House, rejecting the administration’s claim that the president can reshape the building at will. Trump responded by blasting preservation groups as “left-wing extremists” and taking another shot at Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve.

4 min read Apr 1, 10:47 AM

Politics

Judge Pushes Treasury to Let Venezuela Pay for Maduro and Flores’ Legal Defense

In a federal hearing, Judge Hellerstein questioned the Treasury Department’s refusal to license Venezuelan funds for the legal defense of Nicolás Maduro and his aide. He warned that blocking the money could be incompatible with the right to a defense and said dismissing the case was not his plan.

2 min read Mar 27, 12:55 PM