Judge stops construction of arch at Arlington National Cemetery as key committee votes to approve 

Within an hour after a federal commission approved construction of a 250-foot arch Thursday between the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., and Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, a federal judge blocked any work from starting, siding with three Vietnam veterans and other plaintiffs who have sued to stop construction. 

U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan cited harms to the…