{
  "id": 13535726,
  "title": "Despair after 200-year-old ‘grandmother’ tree toppled for Trump’s border wall: ‘It crushes your heart’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/despair-after-200-year-old-grandmother-tree-toppled-for-trumps-border",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-10T20:57:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/10/cottonwood-tree-toppling-trump-mexico-border-wall-arizona"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Protesters spent months occupying an ancient cottonwood. Then a tense standoff with US border patrol came to a head A 200-year-old cottonwood tree near the US-Mexico border , known as the “grandmother”, has been destroyed to make way for the construction of Donald Trump ’s border wall, despite a months-long effort by protesters trying to save it. In late July, land defenders began a tree-sit in…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}