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Judge invokes Lorax in scathing ruling blocking Trump’s golf course tree-razing

A federal judge turned to a Dr. Seuss classic as she slammed the brakes on a Trump administration project in Washington. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday granted an emergency temporary restraining order barring the National Park Service from cutting down any more trees at East Potomac Golf…

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