Rubble from Trump ballroom dumped at DC golf course has toxic metals, data shows

A federal judge weighed into a dispute over Donald Trump ’s controversial plans to revamp a historic Washington DC golf course on Monday, warning the president’s administration to tread carefully as it also dumped “toxic” rubble from the demolished White House East Wing there. District court judge Ana Reyes likened the saga to an episode of the hit television comedy Parks and Recreation during an emergency hearing in the capital to hear an application for a temporary restraining order filed by the DC Preservation League. “I’m no Amy Poehler,” she said, referring to the show’s lead actress, who played a character blindly supportive of government initiatives regardless of their merit. Reyes ultimately decided to let maintenance work continue at the waterfront East Potomac golf links, a public course, but warned of “serious consequences” if the Trump administration moved ahead at speed with its reported redevelopment plans. The Washington Post said on Saturday it had obtained a fundraising document showing Trump’s intention to “dramatically remake parts of Washington’s waterfront”, including creating an exclusive championship course and building a “national garden of American heroes”. …