Trump Blocked From Closing 'Trash Island' Golf Course on Sunday
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A court has stopped President Trump from closing a golf course on Sunday.
The golf course is called East Potomac Golf Links. People also call it 'Trash Island'.
Trump wants to change the course. He wants to make it a championship golf course. This means a big, important course for top players.
People have made a legal challenge against this plan. A legal challenge means they go to court to stop something.
This fight has gone on for many months.
Now, a court has made an order. An order is a rule that people must follow.
The order says Trump cannot close the course this Sunday.
The golf course will stay open for now.
The bigger fight about the future of the course is not finished.
People will keep watching what happens next.
Vocabulary15 words
- championship
- very important; top-level competition
- legal challenge
- going to court to stop a plan
- order
- an official rule from a court
- upgrade
- to make something better
- plan
- an idea for what to do
- course
- a place to play golf
- closed
- not open; cannot use it
- president
- the leader of a country
- public
- for everyone to use
- fight
- a disagreement or argument
- stop
- to not let something happen
- months-long
- lasting many months
- future
- time that has not happened yet
- rule
- something people must follow
- watching
- paying attention to something
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1. Closing the golf course on Sunday 2. — 3. True
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A court has stopped President Trump from _____ a golf course on Sunday.
The golf course is called East Potomac Golf _____.
People also call it 'Trash _____'.
Trump wants to make it a _____ golf course.
People have made a legal _____ against this plan.
This fight has gone on for many _____.
Now, a court has made an _____.
The order says Trump cannot _____ the course this Sunday.
The golf course will stay _____ for now.
The bigger fight about the future of the course is not _____.
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