All posts tagged "Arch"

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to provide 48 hours' notice before it begins working on President Donald Trump's arch.

According to a post by Politico legal reporter Kyle Cheney, Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered advance notice to her court before any work begins on the arch. She handed down the order as she prepared to consider a motion for a temporary restraining order to stop construction on the arch.

The order for advance notice also comes after the Supreme Court allowed Trump's East Wing ballroom to finish and amid challenges to his D.C. golf course. Politico legal reporter Josh Gerstein noted in a Friday report that Trump is employing a legal "tush push" to get his projects most of the way through construction before they can be challenged in court, with the thought being that courts can't stop the Trump administration from building what's already been built....

Trump's "triumphal arch" will need to have red lights on top of it after a review of its design alarmed a federal agency, according to reporting by the New York Times.

The 259-foot-tall arch will be less than a mile from the Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., leading the Federal Aviation Administration to recommend red, blinking lights to be added on top, the Times reported.

The FAA identified the arch as an "obstruction," but noted it would have "no significant adverse effect on airspace" in a feasibility study released on Friday, ahead of a formal evaluation, according to the Times....

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