DC, Virginia file suit to block construction on Trump's proposed arch

ABC News reports: The suit seeks a temporary restraining order blocking the construction. Less than a week before final design approval of President Donald Trump's proposed Triumphal Arch is expected to be granted, officials in Washington D.C. and Virginia, the two regional governments that would be most affected by the project, are now asking a judge to block its construction. The new federal lawsuit, jointly filed on Saturday morning by the District of Columbia and Commonwealth of Virginia, calls the arch "fragrantly unlawful" and "legally indefensible" without congressional authorization.

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