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The Trump administration says it hasn’t decided what to do with the historic D.C. golf course President Donald Trump wants to rebuild. That isn’t stopping it from cutting down hundreds of the course’s trees, and critics are furious.

National Park Service crews begin another major round of cutting Saturday at East Potomac Golf Links, according to a federal court filing first reported by the Washington Post. The first two phases cover 169 trees and then 90 more.

“In total, the NPS estimates that up to 529 trees that do not contribute to the historic landscape will be removed,” Kevin Griess, superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, wrote in a sworn declaration....

President Donald Trump is embroiled in an arsenic-laced dirt fight — and opponents say his administration is fighting dirty, reports show.

The Trump administration is refusing to allow testing on soil it dumped on a public golf course in Washington, D.C. despite National Park Service findings the dirt contains arsenic and lead, according to new reporting from the Wall Street Journal.

The East Potomac Golf Links, where the administration plans to build a major golf championships facility, has been topped with dirt from the East Wing demolition where Trump wants to build a ballroom, the Journal reported....