A US federal appeals court has dealt the Trump administration a major legal setback, ordering a halt to construction on the contentious $400m White House Ballroom. In an earlier ruling, he noted that no existing federal statute “comes close” to granting the president the power to construct the proposed ballroom without Congress. Backstory…The latest ruling comes amid an ongoing legal and political battle over President Donald Trump’s plan to construct a new ballroom at the White House. The White House, however, has defended the ballroom project as necessary to provide a larger space for major state functions and official events, with Trump personally championing the plan. Read Also: White House Hit by Another Gunfire Incident in One Month