A judge blocks the government's tree-clearing spree at a municipal D.C. golf course

The Trump administration abruptly cut down more than 400 trees at Washington, D.C.'s historic East Potomac Golf Links last weekend. A federal judge has ordered testimony from two high-level officials with the Interior Department; the judge plans to hold another hearing Oct. 19. Tyrone Turner/WAMU for NPR hide caption A federal judge has temporarily barred the Trump administration from cutting down additional trees at a D.C. municipal golf course, the latest example of a court intervening in the government's efforts to reshape pieces of the nation's capital.