US Judge Blocks Removal of Confederate Memorial at Arlington Cemetery

A federal judge has ordered a temporary halt to the removal of a Confederate monument at Arlington National Cemetery, shortly after U.S. Army crews began dismantling the statue as required by Congress. The monument, which has been criticized for romanticizing slavery and perpetuating the myth of the Confederacy, overlooks Confederate graves in the cemetery. A group called Defense Arlington filed a lawsuit, accusing the Pentagon of skirting federal environmental law and potentially disturbing adjacent gravesites. The judge has set a hearing for Wednesday to address the matter.