DOJ asks judge to approve Trump ballroom, citing WHCA dinner attack 

The Justice Department (DOJ) asked a federal judge to dissolve his block on the White House ballroom following the weekend shooting at the Washington Hilton in a blistering motion filed late Monday. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon has rejected the administration’s claims that the entire project must proceed for security reasons, limiting it to “below-ground construction” as a lawsuit proceeds.  Just before midnight, DOJ told…