{"id":203,"date":"2026-09-03T21:49:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T21:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/03\/excavation-for-trumps-gilded-arch-in-washington-dc-set-to-begin\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T21:49:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T21:49:51","slug":"excavation-for-trumps-gilded-arch-in-washington-dc-set-to-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/03\/excavation-for-trumps-gilded-arch-in-washington-dc-set-to-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Excavation for Trump&#8217;s Gilded Arch in Washington DC Set to Begin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration confirmed on Thursday that excavation for a proposed towering, gilded arch in Washington DC will commence within the next two weeks. The ambitious construction project is currently the subject of a lawsuit, with opponents arguing it will obstruct historic sightlines across the capital.<\/p>\n<p>This initiative is part of a broader series of efforts by the Republican president to establish a lasting legacy in the nation&#8217;s capital. Other planned undertakings include the renovation and renaming of the Kennedy Center, the addition of a large new ballroom to the White House, updates to the reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial, and the reconstruction of a golf course in East Potomac Park, which would significantly curtail public access to existing running and biking trails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration announced that excavation work for a controversial gilded arch will start within two weeks, facing legal challenges over historic sightline disruptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[555,556,427,554,10],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-construction","tag-lawnsuit","tag-trump-administration","tag-washington-dc","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}