🧵 One running story, told across days: each part is a story of its own on the
front pages, joined to the others because our tools judged them one case, event or investigation as it
developed. A part can be joined wrongly; the saga tracker says how they're made.
Front pages carrying each part at each hourly run, Oct 22, 1 PM to Nov 6, 1 PM ET (peak 40), stacked by part:
1 · 2 · 3 · 4Its parts in the order of their latest news, each from when we first saw it on a front page to when we last
did; beneath, the TV captions, radio newscasts and retellings, each in the color of the part it was
about. Hover for details.
🧩 The parts
in the order of their latest news, each in its color on the charts; the bar is the outlets that carried it. 🔴 on the front pages now, 📄 a page of its own, 🗄️ older than a week
the stories under the saga, day by day, from our motif index: each day its most-told, wider for more tellers, colored by genre (✨ new to the saga that day)
Virginia and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit to block the construction of President Donald Trump's proposed triumphal arch. told by 7 people, on “D.C. and Virginia sue to block Trump's triumphal arch”
A federal planning commission approved President Donald Trump's controversial 250-foot triumphal arch, though a judge has temporarily halted construction amid lawsuits. told by 31 people, on “Federal judge blocks construction of Trump's 250-foot arch hours after federal commission approves project”
A Trump arch would be a vainglorious desecration that overshadows Arlington National Cemetery. told by 7 people, on “Federal judge blocks construction of Trump's 250-foot arch hours after federal commission approves project”