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Bulldozed trees spike DC tensions: Inside Trump’s takeover of East Potomac Park

A federal judge on Monday will hear testimony from officials in President Trump’s Department of Interior about the administration’s plans for East Potomac Park, a sprawling piece of National Park land that hosts D.C.’s most popular public golf course. Tensions were at an all-time high at East Potomac last week after hundreds of trees were...

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The Hill· Oct 18, 10:00 AMBulldozed trees spike DC tensions: Inside Trump’s takeover of East Potomac Park

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