Judge Blocks Construction on Trump’s Arch After Commission Approval

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s proposed “triumphal arch” in Washington, D.C., just hours after a federal panel voted to give final approval to the project Thursday night. D.C. District Court Judge Tonya S. Chutkan granted the D.C.

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A federal judge blocked construction of President Donald Trump's arch in Washington, D.C., as a panel of his appointees gave it final approval.

In an 8-4 vote, the commission approved plans to build the 250-foot-high arch just across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial, on a traffic circle between Arlington National Cemetery and Arlington Memorial Bridge.