The White House power play post-dinner shooting: do what we say or else

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After correspondents’ dinner shooting, administration has rushed to capitalize in pursuit of its political goals

Less than 72 hours after a man was arrested for trying to assassinate Donald Trump at the White House, the justice department rushed to court to make an extraordinary filing.

The subject of the emergency was a lawsuit by the National Trust for Historic Preservation seeking to halt the construction of a new White House ballroom.

A federal judge https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/us/politics/trump-ballroom-judge-halt.html">ruled earlier this month that construction had to stop, though an appeals court later paused that ruling.

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