{"id":243,"date":"2026-02-04T19:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T19:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wokeantifa.org\/topics\/doj-argues-east-wing-ballroom-is-needed-for-national-security-reasons\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T19:41:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T19:41:00","slug":"doj-argues-east-wing-ballroom-is-needed-for-national-security-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wokeantifa.org\/topics\/doj-argues-east-wing-ballroom-is-needed-for-national-security-reasons\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Argues East Wing Ballroom Is Needed for \u201cNational Security\u201d Reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/app\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026_0204-wh-ballroom-1200x900.jpg\" \/><br><p>The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion earlier this week to block any future order from a federal judge that could imperil President Donald Trump&rsquo;s plan to build a massive ballroom on White House grounds, claiming that the construction of the ballroom is a matter of &ldquo;national security.&rdquo; Last week, Judge Richard Leon expressed disbelief over the government&rsquo;s initial argument in favor&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/doj-argues-east-wing-ballroom-is-needed-for-national-security-reasons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><\/p>\r\n<br>\r\n<br><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/doj-argues-east-wing-ballroom-is-needed-for-national-security-reasons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion earlier this week to block any future order from a federal judge that could imperil President Donald Trump&rsquo;s plan to build a massive ballroom on White House grounds, claiming that the construction of the ballroom is a matter of &ldquo;national security.&rdquo; Last week, Judge Richard Leon expressed disbelief over the government&rsquo;s initial&hellip;","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":78,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_analytify_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wokeantifa.org\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wokeantifa.org\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wokeantifa.org\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wokeantifa.org\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wokeantifa.org\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wokeantifa.org\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wokeantifa.org\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wokeantifa.org\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wokeantifa.org\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wokeantifa.org\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}