(FILES) US President Donald Trump holds up a model for a proposed "Independence Arch" as he speaks during a dinner with ballroom donors in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on October 15, 2025. A US federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's massive triumphal arch project on November 5, 2026, casting doubt over the future of the project hours after it was green-lit by a public commission. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the case, ruled that the Trump administration cannot start construction on the arch for two weeks while the court considers challenges to its legality. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)