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Updated · The Daily Beast · May 4
Judge orders Trump to explain DC golf course renovation plans
Updated
Updated · The Daily Beast · May 4

Judge orders Trump to explain DC golf course renovation plans

11 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · May 4
  • Judge Ana Reyes gave the Justice Department until 7:30 a.m. Monday to answer an emergency complaint over East Potomac Golf Course, with a hearing set 30 minutes later.
  • The D.C. Preservation League says the National Park Service is moving to close the busy public course for landscaping and tree clearing tied to Trump's redesign plans.
  • The suit also alleges debris dumped there from White House East Wing demolition contained lead, arsenic and carcinogens, amid wider plans for a championship course and National Garden of American Heroes.
Could hazardous waste from a White House project permanently contaminate a historic public park?
Will a 'U.S. Open-caliber' course destroy one of D.C.'s most affordable and historic public spaces?
How will the planned National Garden of Heroes reshape public access to the D.C. waterfront?