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CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — By the time President Donald Trump had concluded his hourlong closing argument speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday, the water in the basin behind him had become still, a perfect mirror of the Washington Monument and a grey November sky. If the pool The post Trump’s closing message hits a topic close to his heart — but not voters’ minds appeared first on KVIA.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s proposed memorial arch are mounting, with the District of Columbia and Virginia suing in federal court Saturday as the administration says construction could begin as early as next week. There are now three lawsuits calling for a halt to potential work on a monument that […]

The new Spanish drama seeks to be a queer-cinema monument for the ages, weaving together three stories about gay men living through times of Fascism and freedom.

By Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a federal judge that President Donald Trump’s proposed triumphal arch is a “generational national defense opportunity” in a legal briefing arguing the project is vital to protecting the nation’s capital.Originally proposed as a monument to celebrate the country’s 250th birthday, Trump last month The post A ‘generational defense opportunity’: Hegseth offers full-throated endorsement of Trump’s arch amid le

By Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — The Battle of Iwo Jima monument in Quantico, Virginia, has suffered hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages after a man beheaded one of the statues Wednesday evening, police said.Officers responding to a report of destruction of property at the Marine Corps Base Quantico around 10:31 p.m. saw the The post Man arrested after beheading Iwo Jima statue in Virginia with sledgehammer appeared first on KVIA.

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Just four years after the Civil Rights era, Chicago welcomed its first downtown high rise designed by a Black architect for a Black-owned company. For four decades, the Johnson Publishing Company occupied an 11-story tower at 820 S. Michigan Avenue that was a monument to Black culture, sending out millions of The post After a Black media empire fell, a photographer explored the extraordinary building it left behind appeared first on KVIA.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Elvis Presley’s Graceland. Paul Simon sang about going there to ease an aching heart in 1986 on a Grammy-winning album titled, well, “Graceland.” A year later, Philadelphia punk band The Dead Milkmen wrote their own song about a trip to Graceland that was decidedly less reverent, with lyrics like, “Goin’ to […]