An emergency motion argues that the pause on construction leaves the White House ‘open and exposed’. Key US politics stories from Saturday 4 April at a glanceA judge’s order to stop construction work on the White House ballroom poses security risks, the Trump administration argued in an emerge ncy motion that seeks to set aside the ruling.The emergency motion argues that US district judge Richard Leon’s decision has left the executive mansion “open and exposed” and is “threatening grave national-security harms to the White House, the President and his family, and the President’s staff”. Continue reading... ...read more read less