Family of 2-year-old US citizen deported to Honduras drops lawsuit against Trump administration
The girl -– one of three U.S.-born children who were deported alongside their Honduran-born mothers -– had been at the heart of one of the mounting legal battles playing out in the United States weighing if the Trump administration broke the law in implementing its new deportation policies.
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- Toronto Sun
Anand says Trump talks could be opportunity to enact Ukraine security plan
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CTV News
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Trump escalates attacks against Smithsonian museums, says there's too much focus on ‘how bad slavery was'
An exhibit of a slave cabin is seen at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, on April 4. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty Images/File via CNN Newsource) U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his campaign to purge cultural institutions of materials that conflict with his political directives on Tuesday, alleging museums were too focused on highlighting negative aspects of American history, including 'how bad slavery was.' In a Truth Social post, Trump directed his attorneys to conduct a review of museums, comparing the effort to his crackdown on universities across the country. 'The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been — Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future,' Trump wrote. Trump's comments come days after the White House announced an unprecedented, sweeping review of the Smithsonian Institution, which runs the nation's major public museums. The initiative, a trio of top Trump aides wrote in a letter to Smithsonian Institution secretary Lonnie Bunch III last week, 'aims to ensure alignment with the President's directive to celebrate American exceptionalism, remove divisive or partisan narratives, and restore confidence in our shared cultural institutions.' The letter said the review would focus on public-facing content, the curatorial process to understand how work is selected for exhibits, current and future exhibition planning, the use of existing materials and collections and guidelines for narrative standards. Exhibits at the Smithsonian take years of planning and are heavily evaluated by teams of scholars and curatorial experts before they make their debut. Janet Marstine, a museum ethics expert, said that the demands laid out by the Trump administration 'set the Smithsonian up for failure.' 'Nobody could provide those kinds of materials in such a comprehensive way, in that short amount of time, and so it's just an impossible task,' she said. The White House has asked the Smithsonian to provide an array of materials, from internal emails and memos to digital copies of all placards and gallery labels currently on display. The Smithsonian declined to comment on Trump's latest remarks. A White House official, asked about the attorney review process Trump described, said the president 'will explore all options and avenues to get the Woke out of the Smithsonian and hold them accountable.' Earlier this year, Trump signed an executive order that put Vice President JD Vance, who serves on the Smithsonian's Board of Regents, in charge of stopping government spending on exhibits that don't align with the administration's agenda. He also tasked a former member of his legal team, attorney Lindsey Halligan, with helping to root out 'improper ideology' at the Smithsonian. 'Museums in our Nation's capital should be places where individuals go to learn — not to be subjected to divisive narratives,' the executive order said. The Smithsonian began a review of its own in June, and has repeatedly stressed its commitment to being non-partisan. The institution told CNN in July that it was committed to an 'unbiased presentation of facts and history' and that it would 'make any necessary changes to ensure our content meets our standards.'
Global News
an hour ago
- Global News
Texas Democrat sleeps in House chamber in protest of GOP police escort
A Democratic lawmaker has vowed to stay in the Texas Capitol rather than accept an around-the-clock police escort that Republicans imposed to keep her and her colleagues from leaving the state again and further delaying the GOP's redrawing of congressional districts as President Donald Trump wants. State Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth said in an interview Tuesday she would sleep on the House floor until Labour Day if she had to, reports NBC News. As of Tuesday afternoon, she's remained in the room for more than 24 hours. It's a further act of resistance from Collier, who joined dozens of Texas Democrats in a two-week walkout after Democrats in California heeded Gov. Gavin Newsom's call to counter the GOP effort in Texas by redrawing districts there. And while the walk-out ended Monday, Collier vowed to sleep on the House floor, refusing to sign what Democratic lawmakers are calling 'permission slips' to leave the building and accept around-the-clock surveillance. Story continues below advertisement Collier described it as an attack on her dignity and an effort to control her movements. 'I don't want to bring that into my neighbourhood. I don't need to add any more law enforcement in areas that are already over-policed,' Collier told The Washington Post on Monday evening as she prepared to spend the night. 'My community has sent me here to be a fighter, and this is the way that I am fighting.' 'They're taking away our vote,' Collier added, referring to the GOP's redistricting plan. 'I'm not going to let them take away my voice.' It was very cold spending on the #txlege Floor! Rep. @VinceMPerez & I joined @NicoleCollier95 in support of making #GoodTrouble! We know this is a #riggedredistricting process. Democrats are not giving up! Thanks for the support, standing with @TexasHDC, & we have coffee! — Gene Wu (@GeneforTexas) August 19, 2025 Republicans are trying to prevent a repeat of the boycott that denied the House enough members to meet and prevented it from doing any business. Dozens of lawmakers fled to Democratic-led states, including California, Illinois and Massachusetts, to stay out of the reach of Texas law enforcement officers trying to bring them back. Story continues below advertisement Collier told The Washington Post that legislative staffers offered to leave a Capitol bathroom unlocked for her and that her colleagues were bringing her food. She said she was allowed to visit her office with a police escort. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy Early Tuesday morning, she shared a photo to X, claiming she spent the night sleeping upright in a chair on the House floor, complete with a bonnet, eye mask and several blankets and pillows. As of Tuesday afternoon, Collier remained in the room, and continued to livestream her protest on X. Rep. Collier in House Chamber Live — Nicole Collier (@NicoleCollier95) August 19, 2025 Story continues below advertisement 'At what point, what is it going to take for us to say 'enough is enough?' Yesterday was my moment. Enough is enough,' Collier said in an interview Tuesday with NBC News, as someone brought out a mattress for her to sleep on during her second night of protest. 'I see it. The writing is on the wall. They want power at all costs. And you're not taking it from me without a fight.' According to The Washington Post, Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows (R), who ordered the Democratic lawmakers to be monitored by police if they left the state Capitol, was indifferent to Collier's protest. 'Rep. Collier's choice to stay and not sign the permission slip is well within her rights under the House Rules. I am choosing to spend my time focused on moving the important legislation on the call to overhaul camp safety, provide property tax reform and eliminate the STAAR test — the results Texans care about,' Burrows said in a statement, referring to standardized tests for Texas students. Trump trying to avoid a congressional check on him Both Trump and the Democrats are looking ahead to the 2026 midterms knowing that they often go against the president's party, as they did during Trump's first term in 2018. Republicans currently have a seven-seat majority in the 435-member House. Story continues below advertisement State legislatures draw the lines after each U.S. census in most states — including Texas — and only a few dozen House districts are competitive. In Texas, Republicans hold 25 of 38 seats, and they're trying to increase that to 30. In California, Democrats have 43 of the 52 seats, and they're trying to boost that to 48, to wipe out the advantage the GOP would gain from redrawing lines in Texas. California more complicated for Democrats In some ways, the nation's most populous state, California, is a reverse-mirror image of the nation's second-most populous state, Texas. Democrats are even more firmly in control of state government there than Republicans are in Texas, with Democratic supermajorities in both California legislative chambers. But California's districts were drawn by an independent commission created by a statewide vote in 2008 after years of intense partisan battles over redistricting. Story continues below advertisement Democrats are trying to avoid legal challenges to a new map by asking voters to approve it as an exception to the normal process, which would require a special election in November. Texas has no such commission, so its legislature doesn't have to seek voters' approval for its maps. California lawmakers returned Monday to the state capital from a summer break. They are scheduled to remain in session through Sept. 12. California begins voting on proposed congressional map California Democrats are expected to advance their proposal out of committees Tuesday and Wednesday. They have already received more than 13,000 public comments through an online portal, and the committee hearings offer the public a chance to provide feedback to lawmakers in person. Dozens of residents from up and down the state, leaders of local Republican groups and the conservative California Family Council showed up to a hearing Tuesday to voice opposition to the Democrats' plan. Story continues below advertisement Some said the process has been shrouded in secrecy because the map was drawn without meaningful public input. Others said they would rather lawmakers focus on addressing issues instead of trying to bypass a bipartisan redistricting process. — With files from The Associated Press
