Trump administration asks supreme court to allow construction of $400m White House ballroom to proceed - US politics live

Key Points:

• The Trump administration has requested the US Supreme Court to allow construction of a $400 million White House ballroom to continue, challenging an appeals court ruling that halted the project due to lack of congressional approval.
• Reports of mental health crises and food shortages aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have prompted the USS George Washington to be deployed to the Middle East as a replacement, amid Democratic calls for investigations and Pentagon denials.
• The US government is pressuring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn a siege by Jewish settlers on a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, which has drawn criticism from US officials including Ambassador Mike Huckabee.
• President Donald Trump plans to focus on crime and public safety in a New York visit, releasing FBI statistics showing a decrease in violent crime to support Republican candidates ahead of the midterm elections.
• Research shows that companies maintaining diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies despite political pressure have performed as well as those that abandoned such initiatives, challenging claims that DEI efforts harm business success.