A Judge Orders a 24-Hour Halt to Tree-Cutting on a Historic D.C. Golf Course

A federal judge has given a historic Washington golf course a day away from the chainsaws. PBS NewsHour reports that U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes ordered a 24-hour halt to tree-cutting at the East Potomac Golf Course, a course that has been part of President Donald Trump's plans to remake the city.

The order is temporary by design — one day, not a verdict — but it is the rare fight over a president's city-building agenda where the disputed object is old trees on public ground.