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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-05T16:00:23.000Z",
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    "Breaking News",
    "golf",
    "Donald Trump",
    "Politics",
    "Republicans",
    "Republican Party",
    "United States",
    "East Potomac Golf Links",
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  "textContent": "President Trump is dumping toxic debris containing lead and chromium from his East Wing demolition onto East Potomac Golf Links—raising more questions about the health and safety standards tied to his vanity project, and potentially putting golfers in harm’s way. And the president is doing this debris dumping while simultaneously preparing to massively overhaul the public golf course as well.\n\nThe National Parks Service claims that the soil, even with the presence of lead, is not excessively toxic, with a spokeswoman for the Interior Department telling _The New York Times_ that the soil has been tested “multiple times by multiple parties, and this project passed all standards set by law.” But doubts remain.\n\n“There’s no safe level of exposure to lead; it’s one of the most toxic elements we know of,” Harvard exposure assessment professor Joseph G. Allen told the _Times_. “One of the risks you have to think about with lead is that it doesn’t just stay outside in soil … We track it on our shoes. So depending on where the soil was placed, golfers and other people could track it indoors.”\n\n“We knew that the demolition of the East Wing and the changes to East Potomac were legally toxic; now we know they’re environmentally toxic as well,” said Democracy Defenders Fund executive chair Norm Eisen, who is representing the DC Preservation League in a lawsuit against the dumping and against Trump’s takeover of the public golf course. The group recently sought out a temporary restraining order on construction and tree removal at the course, but their request was denied.",
  "title": "Trump Dumps Toxic Materials at Golf Course He Wants to Take Over"
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