Showdown as veterans make last-minute bid to stop Trump’s arch

Military veterans launched a last-minute push to stop President Donald Trump's monumental arch, claiming a key approval is already a done deal.On Thursday, three Vietnam War veterans and a retired architectural historian asked U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan for a preliminary injunction barring any construction of the 250-foot arch at Memorial Circle without congressional approval while the case plays out. The administration told the court a day earlier that work could start as soon as Nov. 5, and the plaintiffs are asking for a ruling by Nov. 4."Defendants' plans are unlawful; the threatened harm is imminent; and the public interest leans heavily against allowing Defendants to blaze ahead," attorneys with Public Citizen Litigation Group wrote in the filing.The filing argues there's little suspense left in the planning commission's Nov. 5 vote. The plaintiffs point out that the commission's chairman, Mark Paoletta, recently wrote an article in The Federalist celebrating the...