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Judge temporarily halts tree cutting at DC's East Potomac golf course
The judge said removing hundreds of trees could cause immediate harm and ordered a hearing on who authorized the work.
- On Monday, U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes ordered the administration to halt all tree removal at East Potomac Golf Course, demanding to know who authorized the sudden plan to clear hundreds of trees.
- The Interior Department claims the Park Service is "finally implementing a 7-year-old plan" to address overgrowth, though plaintiffs argue this is a cover to advance President Donald Trump's plan to turn the public site into a championship-style venue.
- Government filings detailed a plan to remove 169 trees starting Saturday, with 90 more planned, totaling up to 529; plaintiffs allege the government announced the project late Friday to avoid oversight before the weekend.
- Reyes ordered Kevin Griess, superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, to appear at a 10 a.m. hearing to explain the authorization, invoking her earlier promise of "serious consequences" for unauthorized cutting.
- Ruling that plaintiffs "are likely to suffer immediate and irreparable harm," the judge halted all work until 7 a.m. Tuesday and rejected arguments that the project is too advanced to stop.
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Judge slams brakes on Trump golf course tree-cutting and demands to know who gave order
A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to stop cutting down trees at a historic Washington, D.C., golf course, and demanded to know who gave the order to start.U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes directed the government to halt “all tree removal at East Potomac Golf Course” until 7 ...
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