WashingtonThe $400 million ballroom is already 65% built.

An appeals court says Congress, not the president, must approve it, but the site keeps rising anyway.

The East Wing it replaces was demolished last October, months before any court ruled on the project’s legality.

The Supreme Court must decide before the August 21 stop-work deadline.

Sources: The New York Times, BBC, NDTV, Al Jazeera Online