{"id":45511,"date":"2026-02-13T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=45511"},"modified":"2026-02-13T16:06:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:06:36","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-federal-judge-sceptical-of-trumps-authority-over-white-house-ballroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=45511","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the Global doorstep\u2019: Federal judge \u2018sceptical\u2019 of Trump\u2019s authority over White House ballroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The_White_House_June_2024_DJTechYT_Commons_Wiki_300px.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The_White_House_June_2024_DJTechYT_Commons_Wiki_300px.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41948\" style=\"width:402px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/e\/e2\/The_White_House_June_2024.jpgDJTechYT\">The White House<\/a>  by DJTechYT, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A federal judge sceptical that about the legal authority to construct President Donald Trump\u2019s massive new ballroom without express authorization from Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>CNN writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>US District Judge\u2026 said\u2026 that the White House was attempting to \u2018end-run\u2019 Congress\u2019 role in the historic undertaking\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tad Heuer, a lawyer representing the National Trust for Historic Preservation, told Leon on Thursday that his clients have \u2018no concerns\u2019 around the bunker\u2026 But\u2026 repeatedly warned that the underground work that is underway now could place significant constraints on what is built above\u2026. \u2018The president is a temporary tenant of the White House \u2014 he\u2019s not the landlord,\u2019 Heuer said. \u2018He\u2019s a steward,\u2019 Leon responded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/22\/politics\/judge-skeptical-white-house-ballroom-trump\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image for illustration: The White House by DJTechYT, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A federal judge sceptical that about the legal authority to construct President Donald Trump\u2019s massive new ballroom without express authorization from Congress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[18,51,29,106],"class_list":["post-45511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-conservation","tag-global","tag-heritage","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45513,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45511\/revisions\/45513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}