{
  "id": 6983308,
  "title": "Trump asks Smithsonian to install ‘Colossus statue’ of George Washington with exhibit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/trump-asks-smithsonian-to-install-colossus-statue-of-george",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-12T19:32:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/12/trump-smithsonian-george-washington-statue-exhibit"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Trump, again trying to curate museum, says exhibit would stay until 2032 for 300th anniversary of Washington’s birth Donald Trump asked the Smithsonian Institution to install a 30ft “Colossus statue” of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History, and a special exhibit honoring the nation’s first president, in a social media post late on Friday. The president requested that…",
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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."
}