India, Aug. 14 -- US President Donald Trump's administration has asked the US Supreme Court to allow construction of his planned White House ballroom to continue, arguing that the project is necessary for presidential security and falls within the executive branch's authority over the White House complex. The emergency application was filed Friday, August 14, after the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled last week that the Trump administration could not proceed with the roughly $400 million White House ballroom project without congressional approval.

The administration is challenging the lower-court restrictions at the nation's highest court, escalating a legal battle over presidential authority, congressional ...