September 3, 2026 · Executive Power & Institutional Control

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Burgum Says Arch Excavation Starts Within Two Weeks, and a Judge Orders 48 Hours' Notice Before Any Further Work

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced on X on September 3 that the administration was preparing to begin excavation work for the Great Triumphal Arch and Military Observation Deck over the next two-week period...

May 21, 2026 · Political Spectacle & Unusual Conduct

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A Commission of Trump Appointees Approves His 250-Foot Triumphal Arch Near Arlington Cemetery

The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts voted on May 21 to approve Trump's design for a 250-foot triumphal arch in a traffic circle on the Virginia side of the Potomac, near Arlington National Cemetery and in the sightline of...

August 11, 2025 · Executive Power & Institutional Control

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Trump Seizes Control of D.C. Police and Deploys 800 National Guard Troops

On August 11, 2025, President Trump declared a crime emergency in Washington, D.C., invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to place the Metropolitan Police Department under federal direction and...