A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s plans to begin construction on a massive triumphal arch near Washington, D.C., hours after a federal planning commission approved a controversial project.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, issued a 14-day temporary restraining order late Thursday, preventing the administration from breaking ground on the proposed 250-foot monument near Arlington National Cemetery.

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