Live updates: Trump’s triumphal arch OK’d by panel, halted by judge; jobs report surprises

The National Capital Planning Commission approved President Trump’s triumphal arch by an 8-4 vote late Thursday, a key win for Trump and his continued beautification projects in the nation’s capital. But that win was short-lived.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan blocked the Trump administration from breaking ground on a towering memorial arch for 14 days. Chutkan said Virginia and Washington, D.C., had shown in their challenge that the immediacy of the construction would cause real harm.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics’s October job report, released Friday morning, blasted past expectations after a dismal September report .

In Mississippi and Alaska, the Senate races are still neck-and-neck, and it could take longer for results to be confirmed. Democrat Scott Colom has a narrow lead over incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi as of Friday morning, while former Rep. Mary Peltola (D) is holding on against Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) in Alaska, according to The Hill’s partner Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ).

Trump has policy meetings today before traveling to Florida for the weekend. He’ll offer remarks Friday evening at an event at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.