Preparations are currently underway to begin excavation work for President Donald Trump’s 250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial. But the project faces a federal lawsuit brought by three veterans and an architectural historian. Jonathan Lemire blasts the project, calling it an “obscenity,” and says the land between the Lincoln Memorial and the cemetery is “a sacred place.”
The Trump administration argued in a Monday court filing that the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts must undergo proposed renovations and a cash infusion to survive. Why it matters: It's the latest in the legal battle over the venue's future, which the administration has proposed to overhaul , including potentially adding President Trump's name to the building. Driving the news: "An order blocking the Board from appropriately recognizing President Trump," the DOJ argued in Monday's filing , "will cause donors to flee, financial contributions to dry up, and structural rehabilitation to stop." - Without Trump's efforts, the filing reads, "the Center will deteriorate further into an unsafe, decrepit structure that will be…
The announcement comes as workers are finishing repairs on the Reflecting Pool between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, which has been the latest of Trump's projects to beautify the nation's capital.
