The National Trust for Historic Preservation wants a judge to halt work until there is federal review of the project.

Jake Tapper said the White House is “not telling us” the truth about Trump after a frazzled Karoline Leavitt finally responded to the Daily Beast’s queries.

"No president is legally allowed to tear down portions of the White House without any review whatsoever," said the National Trust for Historic Preservation in its lawsuit.

The U.S. President said the project will be completed in a "very short period of time" before the end of his second term

The ballroom project is among several sweeping changes the Republican president has made to the White House since he returned to office in January. Trump installed gold decorations throughout the Oval Office, and he paved over the lawn of the Rose Garden to create a patio similar to the setting at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

Trump, a Republican, already has bypassed the federal government’s usual building practices and historical reviews when he razed the East Wing of the White House. He has more recently fired the initial architects for a ballroom that itself would be nearly twice the size of the White House before East Wing’s demolition.

The group said Trump fast-tracked the ballroom, violating the Administrative Procedure Act and National Environmental Policy Act.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block President Trump’s construction of a large new ballroom on White House grounds, arguing that he violated at least four laws in bypassing any review process.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation sued the administration Friday in an effort to stop construction of the White House ballroom.

President Donald Trump's appointed council to review FEMA was scheduled to vote on its final recommendations on Dec. 11, 2025.