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Activists Protest 250-Foot Triumphal Arch; Ivanka Trump Plot Charged

5/25/2026

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Activists Install Arch

Activists installed a 17-foot replica arch near the Lincoln Memorial to protest the approved 250-foot Triumphal Arch.
Prosecutors charged Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi plotting to assassinate Ivanka Trump after arrest in Turkey on May 15 and extradition.
The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts approved the 250-foot Triumphal Arch design.
Organizers say monument would block Lincoln Memorial views, breach rules, and honor a living president.

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Greenlanders Protest

Greenlanders gathered outside the U.S. consulate in Nuuk, chanting “No means no” and demanding self-determination amid President Donald Trump’s push.
U.S. prosecutors charged Iraqi national Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi with plotting to assassinate Ivanka Trump and 18 prior attacks.
Senator Marco Rubio in Delhi called U.S. President Donald Trump’s anti-Indian remarks “stupid people” chatter.
Organizer Aqqalukkuluk Fontain said protest shows Greenland’s self-determination belongs to its people, not U.S. ambitions.

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Activists Install Arch

Activists installed a 17-foot replica arch near the Lincoln Memorial to protest the approved 250-foot Triumphal Arch.
Prosecutors charged Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi plotting to assassinate Ivanka Trump after arrest in Turkey on May 15 and extradition.
The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts approved the 250-foot Triumphal Arch design.
Organizers say monument would block Lincoln Memorial views, breach rules, and honor a living president.

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