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Kacey Musgraves performs during the first weekend of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on Friday, April 25, 2025, at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

Kacey Musgraves calls Christopher Columbus a ‘loser’ at Dallas concert

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

FILE - Young people hold a banner as they lead a celebratory march for Indigenous Peoples Day, Oct. 9, 2023, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, file)

What is Indigenous Peoples Day? A day of celebration, protest and reclaiming history

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President Donald Trump speaks during a Columbus Day celebration in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump hails Columbus as intrepid explorer, says he’s been ‘rehabbed 100%’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Shown is the statue of Christopher Columbus at Marconi Plaza in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ** FILE **

Columbus’ own writings reveal how tightly religion and conquest were intertwined from the start

By Peter C. Mancall - Associated Press

Christopher Columbus' fountain in Washington D.C. illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

The Donald’s bromance with Christopher Columbus

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump to place Christopher Columbus statue on White House grounds

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing a spending bill that ends a partial shutdown of the federal government in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump taking steps toward installing a Columbus statue near the White House

By Brian Witte and Bill Barrow - Associated Press

This June 18, 2020, file photo shows the Columbus statue in front of city hall in Columbus, Ohio. As a racial justice reckoning continues to inform conversations across the country, lawmakers nationwide are struggling to find solutions to thousands of icons saluting controversial historical figures. (Eric Albrecht/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)

Italian heritage group to appeal Columbus statue removal

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In this file photo, a Philadelphia police officer stands near the statue of Christopher Columbus at Marconi Plaza, Monday, June 15, 2020, in the South Philadelphia neighborhood of Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) **FILE**

Judge rules Columbus statue in Philadelphia can remain

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Former Mayor of New York City Rudy Guliani made a visit to the boxed Columbus statue at Marconi Plaza in Philadelphia, Pa., on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. Monday was Columbus Day. The statue has been enclosed in a wooden box since mid-June. (Monica Herndon/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Columbus Day fans, Italian Americans defy culture, coronavirus with celebrations

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Christopher Columbus. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Trump hits back at the ‘radical activists’ who object to Columbus Day

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Commission hears testimony on fate of Columbus statue

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People stand around the fallen Christopher Columbus statue at the Minnesota state Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, June 10, 2020. (Evan Frost/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

Historical figures reassessed around globe after Floyd death

By Sarah Rankin and David Crary - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 1, 2020, file photo, a protester, who appears to have a bruise from a rubber bullet, raises his arm shortly before being arrested for violating a curfew n the Hollywood area of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating 56 allegations of misconduct during protests against police brutality in the wake of George Floyd's death. Of the 56 investigations, 28 involve alleged uses of force, the LAPD said Wednesday, June 10, 2020 in a statement. Seven officers have been taken out of the field. While most protests have been peaceful, there were violent clashes with police and businesses were vandalized. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

The Latest: Columbus statue taken down in Camden, New Jersey

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

The statues on the Confederate monument are covered in graffiti and beheaded after a protest in Portsmouth, Va., Wednesday, June 10, 2020. Protesters beheaded and then pulled down four statues that were part of a Confederate monument. The crowd was frustrated by the Portsmouth City Council’s decision to put off moving the monument. (Kristen Zeis/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

Historical figures reassessed after George Floyd’s death

By SARAH RANKIN and DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Columbus: The Four Voyages’

By Philip Kopper - Special to The Washington Times

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