Monuments
Trump moves ahead with an array of construction and redesign projects across Washington
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President Donald Trump has announced or begun a wide-ranging set of construction and renovation efforts in Washington, D.C., from resurfacing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to pursuing a new White House ballroom and proposed monument projects tied to the nation’s 250th anniversary in July 2026. Several initiatives have prompted lawsuits, procedural disputes and public backlash, even as federal planning bodies continue to review and, in some cases, approve the proposals.
Minister Ángel Víctor Torres announced on Tuesday the inclusion of four vestiges in the Democratic Memory Law catalog, which must be removed within three to six months.
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President Donald Trump is planning to place a reconstructed statue of Christopher Columbus on the White House grounds, according to people familiar with the matter. The sculpture is a replica of a monument that was pulled down and thrown into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor during protests in 2020, reviving a long-running debate over how the United States should commemorate Columbus.