A US federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order stopping construction work for 14 days on Donald Trump's planned triumphal arch in Washington, hours after a planning commission approved the project. The Guardian reported the injunction as a setback for one of the president's signature plans to remake the capital's monumental core. Opponents argue the arch lacks proper review, environmental scrutiny or public consultation. The White House has cast the monument as a patriotic centrepiece. Temporary restraining orders are short legal pauses; a fuller hearing will decide whether building can resume. Parallel NPR coverage confirmed the stop-work order followed swiftly on the heels of federal planning approval. Further litigation over design, funding and land use is expected.
Source: The Guardian