A federal appeals court is allowing President Donald Trump to continue building a $400 million ballroom at the White House, ruling a day after a lower court judge continued to block above-ground construction on the site of the former East Wing.

A judge said the White House construction needs express authorization from Congress. The Trump administration argued stopping work leaves it “open and exposed,” risking national security.

The federal judge's decision continues to block above-ground construction on the $400 million White House ballroom, allowing only below-ground work on a bunker and other "national security facilities" at the site.

A three-judge appeals court panel is allowing construction of President Donald Trump's White House ballroom to continue -- for now. In a decision late Friday, the panel granted an administrative stay of an earlier injunction blocking above-ground construction of the White House ballroom.

A federal judge has halted the construction of US President Donald Trump's controversial White House ballroom but has allowed plans for an underground bunker to proceed. Judge Richard Leon ruled that Congress must authorize the $400 million project,

A federal judge has again ordered President Donald Trump to pause construction of a massive new ballroom at the White House, rejecting the president’s “disingenuous” bid to circumvent an earlier ruling against the project by claiming that it needed to proceed for national security reasons.

Trump railed against a Republican-appointed judge after his $400 million ballroom project was disrupted by the courts yet again

As the court battle over Trump’s ballroom drags on, his planned reconstruction of an underground bunker is being pulled into the spotlight.