The arch’s proposed mitigation measures are inadequate compensation for permanently changing Arlington’s monumental landscape

U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes’s October 12, 2026, emergency order temporarily barred the National Park Service from further tree removal at Washington’s East Potomac Golf Links after hundreds of trees were felled. It requires agency officials to explain the removals’ authorization and timing.

Federal preservation officials ended Section 106 consultation on September 24, 2026, over President Donald Trump’s proposed triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery after failing to reach agreement with Washington and Virginia preservation officials. The action ends mitigation negotiations but does not grant final project approval.