Democrats’ Congress Win Could Slow Trump’s D.C. Projects
Incoming Democratic majorities could use spending bills, oversight and lawsuits to slow Trump projects that include an arch, ballroom and golf course overhaul.
- Democrats' overwhelming victory on Tuesday could pump the brakes on President Donald Trump's agenda, with the incoming Congress holding 54 Democratic senators and 237 representatives.
- Trump has been deeply involved in reshaping D.C., pursuing renovation of the Kennedy Center, overhauling East Potomac Golf Links into an 18-hole championship course, and erecting a 250-foot memorial arch near Arlington National Cemetery.
- Starting Jan. 3, Democrats will control the appropriations process, giving them budget authority to cut project funding and use the debt ceiling fight to rein in Trump's architectural ambitions.
- Legal experts believe the election emboldens judges, as shown when Judge Chutkan granted a 14-day delay on the memorial arch after lawsuits from Virginia and the District of Columbia consolidated late Thursday.
- Rep. Jared Huffman of California, top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, spent the past year probing Trump's projects and plans aggressive oversight efforts to prevent their completion.
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Independent EspañolTrump ignores electoral defeat and focuses on construction projects in Washington, now facing greater democratic resistance.Democrats, with new control of Congress, plan to curb Trump's construction plans, including a controversial commemorative arc.
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As Congress returns to Democrats, one likely casualty emerges: Trump's DC projects
US President Donald Trump speaks at the White House ballroom construction site in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026. US voters handed Democrats control of Congress in midterm elections on Tuesday, delivering a stunning repudiation of President Donald Trump by flipping long-held Republican seats in North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Kansas, among other places. Photographer: Annabelle Gordon/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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