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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago
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Trump's triumphal arch moves closer to approval after key agency meets

Trump's proposed triumphal arch in Washington D.C. received initial approval from the US Commission of Fine Arts, with further design revisions expected.
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago
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Columbus Statue at the White House

Trump installs a Columbus statue replica outside the White House, while a Paul Klee exhibition in New York opens without its centerpiece due to conditions in Israel.
Washington DC
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Trump's triumphal arch moves closer to approval after key agency meets

Trump's proposed triumphal arch in Washington D.C. received initial approval from the US Commission of Fine Arts, with further design revisions expected.
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fromwww.businessinsider.com
2 weeks ago

A New York Times reporter went to South Dakota to report on Kristi Noem's husband. Then the story broke.

Bryon Noem's alleged cross-dressing and texting scandal became a focal point of media attention, prompting investigative journalism in South Dakota.
Arts
fromArtnet News
3 weeks ago

Toppled Monuments Are Reappearing Across the U.S. Under Trump | Artnet News

Statues of contested historical figures, including Columbus, are reappearing in the U.S., reflecting shifting political currents and ongoing debates about historical representation.
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fromwww.npr.org
4 weeks ago

Trump administration places Christopher Columbus statue on White House grounds

The Trump administration installed a statue of Christopher Columbus on White House grounds to honor his legacy as part of the nation's 250th anniversary celebrations.
Travel
fromConde Nast Traveler
1 month ago

7 Places to Stay Near Badlands National Park for Nature Views, Stargazing, and Wildlife Spotting

Badlands National Park offers limited accommodation options, but Circle View Guest Ranch provides a family-friendly B&B experience close to the park.
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Another Trump-Epstein statue pops up on the National Mall

The tragic love story between Jack and Rose was built on luxurious travel, raucous parties, and secret nude sketches. This monument honors the bond between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, a friendship seemingly built on luxurious travel, raucous parties, and secret nude sketches.
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fromTravel + Leisure
1 month ago

This Is One of the Most Underrated National Parks in the U.S.-With Badlands, Wild Horses, and Presidential History

Theodore Roosevelt National Park offers pristine wilderness, abundant wildlife, and accessibility without crowds, making it an underrated destination shaped by the conservation legacy of the 26th president.
fromThe Washington Post
2 months ago

What 42 massive and decaying presidential heads say about America

She'd pulled on rain boots, driven about an hour and trudged through the mud of what her tour guide called "an industrial dump" early Saturday with dozens of other tourists to see "The Presidents Heads," a private collection of every ex-POTUS's sculpted likeness from Washington to George W. Bush. They're arranged in haphazard rows, with Andrew Jackson occupying a prime front spot simply because the owner likes his hair. The vibe is Stonehenge-meets-"The Walking Dead."
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

New satirical statue depicts Trump and Epstein as doomed lovers from Titanic

Anonymous guerrilla art collective The Secret Handshake installed a 12-foot golden statue on the National Mall depicting Trump and Epstein as Titanic lovers, part of ongoing public interventions keeping Epstein-related allegations visible.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

So shameful': backlash as US national monuments conform to Trump's rewrite of history

National Park Service removed 34 panels about people enslaved by George Washington from the President's House in Philadelphia to comply with Trump's 2025 executive order, placing them in storage.
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fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

The Buzz in Kristi Noem's Home State

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faces scrutiny over a Border Patrol shooting and may leave the Cabinet to challenge Senator Mike Rounds.
fromThe Washington Post
1 month ago

National Park Service database flags hundreds of items that might 'disparage' America

These displays and materials are among several hundred that managers have flagged at hundreds of national park locations since last summer in response to administration orders to scrub sites of 'partisan ideology,' descriptions that 'disparage' Americans, or materials that stray from a focus on the nation's 'beauty, abundance, or grandeur.'
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fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

Let Trump Keep Building Monuments to Himself

A 15-foot-tall golden sculpture of the president-"Don Colossus" to friends-has recently been completed and will likely soon stand triumphantly, his fist in the air, atop a 7,000-pound pedestal that has already been installed at Trump's Miami golf club. By the standards of leader worship, it might be too modest-Lilliputian when compared with the 40-foot-tall shining effigy that Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov built for himself in the late 1990s.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Trump wants to build 250ft Washington DC arch that dwarfs Lincoln Memorial report

Donald Trump plans a 250-foot Independence Arch in Washington, D.C., taller than the Lincoln Memorial and funded from leftover White House ballroom donations.
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