Judge orders suspension of Donald Trump’s White House ballroom construction

The judge said Donald Trump 'is the steward of the White House' but not the owner 

The demolition of the East Wing and construction for the new ballroom at the White House in October. Picture: Katie Harbath via AP

A US federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to suspend its construction of a $400m (€346m) ballroom at the White House, which led to the demolition of the structure’s East Wing.

In Washington, US district judge Richard Leon granted a preservationist group’s request for a preliminary injunction that temporarily halts US president Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project.