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发布时间：2026年4月11日，美国东部时间中午12:31
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2026年4月5日星期日，华盛顿，白宫旁可见用于新建白宫宴会厅的起重机。
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美国联邦上诉法院周六表示，在法官对该项目进行审议期间，唐纳德·特朗普总统可以再推进一周的大型白宫新宴会厅建设工程。
哥伦比亚特区巡回上诉法院以2比1的投票结果作出的这项命令，是特朗普在一场旷日持久的法律斗争中的暂时胜利，这场斗争围绕的核心是特朗普是否有权在无需国会明确批准的情况下，在前东翼旧址上修建宴会厅。
上诉法院表示，该项目的施工至少可以持续到4月17日。法院将案件发回给最初作出不利于特朗普裁决的联邦法官，称其需要更仔细地审视白宫提出的“建设必须因国家安全和安全原因继续进行”的论点，并补充称上诉法院无法基于“仓促形成的案卷”对这一主张进行详细审查。
“在上诉程序推进期间，目前仍不清楚拟议宴会厅某些方面的开发是否必要，以及在何种程度上有必要确保地下国家安全升级工程的安全，或是确保白宫及其居住者的安全，”多数派法官写道。
作出发回重审决定的两名法官均由前总统巴拉克·奥巴马和乔·拜登任命。持异议的法官则是特朗普第一任期内任命的。
周六的裁决是这场持续数月的争端的最新爆发点，特朗普希望在几乎没有外部监督的情况下推进宴会厅项目。
去年特朗普拆除了东翼以开始施工后，美国顶级历史保护组织向法院提起诉讼，质疑该项目的合法性。该组织辩称，除其他事项外，国会需要对该项目予以批准。
美国联邦地区法院资深法官理查德·利昂于上月末同意了该组织的诉求，在一份措辞严厉的裁决书中写道，特朗普未经国会许可就推进建设，属于非法行为，他将为白宫增添这座大胆的新建筑。
利昂是前总统乔治·W·布什任命的法官，他表示，在国会批准之前，大部分施工工作需要暂停，但施工人员可以继续进行“为确保白宫安全所必需的建设”。
“美国总统是白宫为后世历届第一家庭保管的财产。但他并不是所有者！”利昂在这份长达35页的裁决书中写道。
特朗普及其律师迅速抓住这一漏洞，辩称该裁决本质上毫无意义。
“这就是所谓的：‘我可以根据需要继续施工’，”利昂发布裁决后不久特朗普说道，“所以在这一点上，我们没问题。”
在向哥伦比亚特区巡回上诉法院提起上诉后，特朗普的律师在一份措辞尖锐的诉状中称，法官发布了一项“令人震惊、史无前例且不当的禁令”，他们表示该禁令“将危及总统以及其他在白宫生活和工作的人”。
司法部律师辩称，整个项目“推进了关键的国家安全目标”，并要求法院在案件审理过程中搁置利昂的裁决。
“东翼的升级并非表面工程；相反，它们涉及使用防导弹钢柱、钢梁、防无人机屋顶材料以及防弹、防弹道和防爆玻璃窗，”他们在法庭文件中写道，“还包括安装防空洞、医院和医疗设施、防护隔断以及顶级机密军事设施、空调、供暖、通风系统等。”
但美国国家历史保护信托基金告诉上诉法院，特朗普错误地将宴会厅下方修建的掩体与取代东翼的地上扩建工程混为一谈，东翼数十年来一直是第一夫人办公室所在地。
“显而易见，白宫场地内没有大型宴会厅，并没有阻止这位（或任何其他）总统在白宫居住或举办活动，”该组织的律师在本周提交的诉状中表示，“暂时暂停宴会厅项目，直到其符合法律要求，不会对被告或国家造成不可挽回的损害。”
宴会厅项目是特朗普的首要任务之一，他长期以来一直设想在白宫打造一个大型永久性活动空间，以取代目前为部分重要总统活动在南草坪搭建的临时设施。
首席建筑师沙洛姆·巴伦斯表示，该项目的预计总面积约为8.9万平方英尺。相比之下，白宫主体建筑行政官邸仅为5.5万平方英尺。
本月早些时候，一个由特朗普忠实支持者组成的负责联邦建筑和土地规划的委员会为该项目提供了批准。但考虑到利昂几天后作出的裁决，此次投票似乎并未对项目推进起到多大作用。
在上一次国家首都规划委员会会议上，委员会听取了数十名专家的意见，其中包括建筑师、历史学家、保护主义者和前白宫工作人员；来自美国国家历史保护信托基金、华盛顿保护联盟和美国建筑师协会等关键组织的代表；以及表达反对该项目的 concerned citizens。仅有一人——当地一家历史活动场地的所有者——表示支持该项目。
国家首都规划委员会主席威尔·沙夫是特朗普的高级助手，他在会议上对该项目表示赞扬，称宴会厅“将被视为与白宫其他关键组成部分同等重要的国家财富”。
特朗普曾承诺该项目将于2028年夏季完工，比他预计的卸任时间早数月。
本文已更新补充更多信息。
CNN的凯特琳·波兰茨和贝齐·克莱因对本文亦有贡献。
Appeals court says Trump White House ballroom construction can proceed for now
2026-04-11T16:31:40.144Z / CNN
By Devan Cole
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Updated Apr 11, 2026, 1:38 PM ET
PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2026, 12:31 PM ET
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A crane being used to construct the new White House ballroom is seen next to the White House, Sunday, April 5, 2026, in Washington.
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A federal appeals court said Saturday that President Donald Trump can move ahead for another week with construction of a massive new White House ballroom while judges consider the project.
The 2-1 order from the DC Circuit Court of Appeals is a temporary win for Trump in a protracted legal fight over whether he has the authority to build the ballroom on the site of the former East Wing without express approval from Congress.
The appeals court said work on the project can continue until at least April 17. The court sent the case back down to a federal judge who initially ruled against it, saying he needed to look closer at the White House’s argument that construction must continue for national security and safety reasons, and adding that the appeals court couldn’t scrutinize the notion on a “hurried record.”
“It remains unclear whether and to what extent the development of certain aspects of the proposed ballroom is necessary to ensure the safety and security of those below-ground national security upgrades or otherwise to ensure the safety of the White House and its occupants while the appeal proceeds,” the judges in the majority wrote.
The two judges who decided to send the case back down were appointed by former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden. The dissenting judge was appointed by Trump during his first term.
Saturday’s decision is the latest flashpoint in a monthslong fight over Trump’s desire to push ahead with the ballroom project with little to no outside oversight.
After Trump demolished the East Wing last year to begin construction, the nation’s top historic preservation group went to court to challenge the legality of the project. It argued, among other things, that Congress needed to bless the project.
Senior US District Judge Richard Leon agreed with the group late last month, writing in a stinging ruling that Trump was moving ahead with construction unlawfully since he had not asked lawmakers for permission to build the bold new addition to the White House.
Leon, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, said much of the work needed to stop pending congressional approval but that crews could continue “construction necessary to ensure the safety and security of the White House.”
“The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner!” Leon wrote in the 35-page ruling.
Trump and his lawyers quickly seized on that loophole to argue that the decision was essentially meaningless.
“That’s called: ‘I’m allowed to continue building as necessary,’” Trump said shortly after Leon issued his ruling. “So on that, we’re OK.”
After appealing Leon’s decision to the DC Circuit, Trump’s lawyers told the court in a sharply worded filing that the judge overstepped when he issued a “shocking, unprecedented and improper injunction” that they said “would imperil the president and others who live and work in the White House.”
Arguing that the entire project “advances critical national-security objectives,” Justice Department lawyers asked the court to shelve Leon’s ruling while the case moved forward.
“The upgrades to the East Wing are not cosmetic; instead, they involve the use of missile-resistant steel columns, beams, drone-proof roofing materials, and bullet, ballistic, and blast proof glass windows,” they wrote in court papers. “They also include the installation of bomb shelters, hospital and medical facilities, protective partitioning, and top-secret military installations, air conditioning, heating, venting, and more.”
But the National Trust for Historic Preservation told the appeals court that Trump was erroneously conflating the bunker being built under the ballroom with the above-ground addition that is replacing the East Wing, which for decades had housed the first lady’s office.
“As is obvious, the absence of a massive ballroom on White House grounds has not stopped this (or any other) President from residing at the White House or hosting events there,” the group’s lawyers said in a filing submitted this week. “Temporarily halting the ballroom project until it complies with the law will not irreparably harm defendants or the nation.”
The ballroom project has been a top priority for Trump, who has long envisioned a large, permanent event space at the White House to replace the temporary structures that are erected on the South Lawn for some key presidential events.
The project has an estimated size of approximately 89,000 square feet, according to lead architect Shalom Baranes. By contrast, the primary White House structure, the Executive Mansion, is just 55,000 square feet.
Earlier this month, a board stacked with Trump loyalists that oversees planning for federal buildings and land provided its stamp of approval for the project. But that vote appeared to do little to advance the project given Leon’s ruling days earlier.
At the last National Capital Planning Commission meeting, the board heard from dozens of experts, including architects, historians, preservationists and former White House staffers; representatives from key groups like the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the DC Preservation League and the American Institute of Architects; and concerned citizens who voiced opposition to the project. Just one person, the owner of a local historic event venue, spoke in support of it.
NCPC Chair Will Scharf, a top Trump aide, heralded the project during the meeting, saying the ballroom “will be considered every bit as much of a national treasure as the other key components of the White House.”
Trump has promised it will be complete in the summer of 2028, months before he is set to leave office.
This story has been updated with additional information.
CNN’s Katelyn Polantz and Betsy Klein contributed to this report.
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