9 Kennedys seek to halt Trump’s 250-foot Arlington arch
What’s new: The family moved to join existing lawsuits as a judge’s 14-day pause keeps the project from breaking ground.
Nine members of the Kennedy family asked a federal judge to block President Donald Trump’s plan for a 250-foot memorial arch near Arlington National Cemetery, arguing it would cast a shadow over family graves and disrupt the designed sightline from John F. Kennedy’s eternal flame. The filing seeks to join two lawsuits already challenging the project. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan last week barred construction for 14 days after ruling the arch required congressional approval and could impose costs on Virginia and the District of Columbia while worsening traffic near the cemetery. The proposed structure would stand between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington.