Nine members of the Kennedy family have joined the legal fight against Trump's D.C. arch, arguing it would disrupt views and cast shadows over their ancestors' graves at Arlington National Cemetery.
Kennedy relatives join the fight against Trump's arch, alleging harm to JFK's grave
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