5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (247+ words) Stephen Collinson: “The Roman Emperor Titus has one. Napoleon Bonaparte ordered up the world’s most famous example. And the Duke of Wellington’s iconic version is the gateway to London’s Hyde Park.” “Now, Donald Trump wants his own ceremonial arch. And…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (172+ words) “Veterans and Democrats are escalating efforts to prevent construction on President Donald Trump’s planned arch as the anticipated start of site work approaches, arguing the project is illegal and would diminish the experience of visiting nearby Arlington National Cemetery,” the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (87+ words) “The Trump administration says it will break ground on a 250-foot triumphal arch in Washington, D.C. without final federal approval and despite an ongoing lawsuit,” NPR reports. The Guardian: Excavation work on Trump’s towering, gilded arch to begin over next…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (162+ words) “The Supreme Court on Friday granted Republicans’ request to halt a lower court decision that prevented political party committees from receiving more favorable broadcast advertising rates, giving the GOP a win weeks before the November elections,” CBS News reports. “The…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (163+ words) “President Trump said on Thursday that he was appointing Adam R. Telle, the official overseeing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to take over as the acting Army secretary, following the resignation of Daniel P. Driscoll earlier this week,” the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (97+ words) “Kalshi’s profit margins depend on keeping Washington on its good side. It’s spending big in D.C. to make that happen as the prediction market company manages regulatory threats, potential legislative action and public relations challenges,” NOTUS reports. “Kalshi now…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (93+ words) “In early 2016, Justice Antonin Scalia died suddenly of a heart attack on a Texas ranch, sending his Supreme Court colleagues into a period of grief and uncertainty. Behind closed doors, they had to contend with another piece of unsettling news,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (90+ words) “A new National Park Service report backs President Donald Trump’s proposed arch, despite what it says are adverse effects to the sightline between a host of iconic landmarks in Washington, including the Washington Monument and Lincoln and Jefferson memorials,” the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (115+ words) “Democratic-controlled states on Wednesday filed another lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to limit mail voting in this year’s midterm elections,” the Associated Press reports. “The action, filed by about two dozen states against the U.S. Postal…...

3+ week, 16+ min ago   (282+ words) “President Trump will head to Ireland next month to visit the U.S. embassy and celebrate the Irish Open at his Doonbeg golf course,” the New York Post reports. Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating…...