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A federal judge has barred tree removal at East Potomac Golf Links until October twenty-sixth, and the administration is now seeking to remove her; the course would close for fifteen months.

Photo: East Potomac Park Golf Course
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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPresident Trump says renovation of the East Potomac Golf Links in Washington will begin immediately, even with a legal fight still open.

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorJudge Ana Reyes has banned tree removal until October twenty-sixth.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOfficials told the court they planned to take down up to five hundred twenty-nine trees, and at least four hundred thirty were gone by the end of that Friday.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA Park Service official testified the work had no specific urgency.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWJLA says the administration is now seeking to remove the judge, and Trump says the course closes November fifteenth for fifteen months.

  6. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFifteen months?

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd the Park Service says the plans are still conceptual. So the trees went first, and the concept comes later.

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