# Opponents seek to block US from breaking ground on Trump arch in Washington

https://mins.news/en/item/45864

- Reuters, 2026-09-04 18:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/opponents-seek-block-us-breaking-ground-trump-arch-washington-2026-09-04/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a9b0e4448059c000187c9e0

> Three military veterans and an architectural historian asked a U.S. judge on Friday to stop the Trump administration from breaking ground on an arch in Washington.

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