‘We’re going to wonder why we didn’t do it earlier’: Trump’s White House ballroom gets a stamp of approval

Days after a U.S. district court judge ordered the White House to stop construction on its proposed ballroom expansion, a powerful federal commission just granted the project its formal approval.

At the April 2 meeting of the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), a largely Trump-aligned panel voted by a large majority to support the design of the White House ballroom. Eight of the 11 commissioners at the meeting voted “yes,” while two commissioners voted “present” and only one (Washington...