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D.C., Virginia sue to block Trump's 250-foot arch
The governments of Washington D.C. and Virginia asked a federal court to block construction of President Trump's planned " triumphal arch ," claiming it's unlawfully tall and would snarl traffic for years. Why it matters: It's a last-minute gambit to stop construction before the multi-year project b
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Both outlets lead on the lawsuit by Washington, D.C. and Virginia to block Trump’s proposed triumphal arch, and both frame it as a move to halt a planned monument near Arlington. Newsweek alone says the arch is 250 feet tall and notes a judge had already questioned the plan. The Hill alone adds that the filing names the National Parks Service and Interior Department and compares the design to Paris’s Arc de Triomphe.
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