The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to a Trump administration request to temporarily set aside an appellate court ruling that would have stalled above-ground construction on the planned White House ballroom. The one-sentence order, signed by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., did not provide any explanation for his decision, which he said is temporary […]

The ruling comes after months of back and forth between the Trump administration and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

The court still has to issue a more lasting ruling on the ballroom’s fate.