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Politics● LowOct 31 · Oct 31, 2026, 2:43 PM

DC, Virginia sue to block Trump’s triumphal arch

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · North America

Washington, D.C., and Virginia sued the National Parks Service and Interior Department to block President Trump’s proposed triumphal arch on Saturday, a new court filing shows. The planned arch would resemble arches in other cities, including Paris’s Arc de Triomphe, and be constructed on the border between D.C. and Virginia. In the court filing, the…

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