Judge Orders New Hearing as Trump Says East Potomac Golf Course Overhaul Will Proceed
Photo: CBS NewsU.S. District Judge Ana Reyes on Wednesday ordered a new hearing in the fight over President Donald Trump's plan to redesign East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, D.C., after he said work would still begin Nov. 15. Reyes had granted a preliminary injunction Monday, requested by a preservation group and two local golfers, barring more tree clearing or other alterations to East Potomac Park without proper notice. Trump said on social media that his administration would appeal immediately. In a brief court filing Wednesday, Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward acknowledged Trump's posts saying the course, open since 1920, would close for an overhaul. He said the Interior Department was developing a plan to carry out that direction and would notify the court. Trump earlier said Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and architect Tom Fazio had developed a plan for a championship course. Administration officials had previously described only a possible project. The National Park Service cut down at least 430 healthy trees over the Columbus Day weekend. The next hearing is expected Friday or Monday, The Hill reported.
CBS News, the left-leaning outlet whose article is available in full, leads with the Justice Department filing. It quotes Woodward and Trump's stated reasons of competitiveness, safety, modernization and aesthetics, and sets the filing against officials' earlier claims that no plan was final. NPR's headline and excerpt stress that the judge halted the work while Trump says it will still start next month. Just the News, on the right, leads with the judge's new hearing, quotes Trump's vow to appeal and his promise of reduced rates for D.C. residents, and notes he called the rulings unconstitutional. It places the dispute alongside legal scrutiny of the White House ballroom and Kennedy Center renovations, and it includes the tree-cutting figure. Both sides agree on the injunction, the Nov. 15 start and the appeal. They differ in framing: the left centers on government lawyers' filing, while the right centers on the judge's response and the broader pattern of projects.
How the sides differ Left sources stress the Justice Department filing and a Nov. 15 closure plan; right sources focus on the judge's new hearing, the tree cutting and legal scrutiny of Trump projects.
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CBS News leads with the Justice Department filing, quoting Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward and Trump's posts. NPR stresses the judge's halt against Trump's statement that work will still begin next month.
AP frames the story around Justice Department lawyers being put in the position of explaining whether Trump's social media post should be believed, citing Judge Ana Reyes.
Just the News leads with Judge Reyes ordering a new hearing, quoting Trump's appeal vow and rate promise. It places the dispute among other contested D.C. renovations and cites the 430 trees cut.