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Appeals court majority appears sympathetic to White House ballroom challenge
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A majority on a three-judge appeals court panel appeared sympathetic to a challenge to President Trump’s White House ballroom project at oral arguments Friday. The two Democratic-appointed judges pressed the government on its arguments that Congress has already given all necessary approvals and that
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