Trump Golf Course
People drive a golf cart past ongoing tree removal at East Potomac Park Golf Course, Monday, Oct. 26, 2026, in Washington.
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A federal judge says she'll open a “formal inquiry” to investigate if attorneys for the Trump administration violated ethics during a legal dispute about a golf-course project. It's one in a pair of plans that are revealing the breadth of the president’s attempts to mold parts of the District of Columbia as he wishes. The two cases, unfolding at the same time in the same federal courthouse, are also showing the underlying executive authority claims that lie beneath them. In turn, it's a glimpse into the uses of presidential power under Donald Trump. The cases involved are an impending shutdown and reconfiguration of a historic public golf course and the construction of a monumental arch.
