House lawmaker urges Congress to sue Trump to block Washington arch

FILE PHOTO: Final day of The Great American State Fair in Washington WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - A senior U.S. House ‌Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday ‌urged House Speaker Mike Johnson to ​file suit in behalf of Congress to block the Trump administration from ‌starting work ⁠on a triumphal arch in Washington. "Congress has ⁠neither appropriated funding nor granted authority for this ​project," wrote ​Representative Chellie ​Pingree, the ‌top Democrat on the subcommittee that oversees funding for national parks. "The administration is building it anyway, betting this ‌body will ​do nothing to ​stop ​it. I am ‌asking you to take ​all ​necessary steps to file suit immediately, while there is ​still ‌ground left to save." (Reporting ​by David ShepardsonEditing by ​Nick Zieminski)