DC planning authorities to vote on Trump’s White House ballroom project

Ballroom is likely to get blessing from the National Capital Planning Commission, which is chaired by ex-Trump lawyer

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Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project is likely ‌to get a blessing from Washington planning authorities on Thursday, two days after a judge ruled work cannot proceed without Congress’s approval.

The National Capital Planning Commission, which ​is chaired by one of Trump’s former lawyers, will deliberate and ​then vote on the “East Wing Modernization Project” on Thursday, ⁠according to a meeting agenda.