President Donald Trump has made a request to the Smithsonian Institution. He wants a colossal statue of George Washington to be installed outside the National Museum of American History. Additionally, Trump is asking for a special exhibit to honor the nation's first president.
The exhibit would start now and run through February 22, 2032, marking the 300th anniversary of Washington's birth. Trump also wants an 11-foot statue of Washington to be installed in the museum's Flag Hall for Constitution Day.
Further details about the request are available, including information about the statues and the proposed exhibit.
Marcel Reed had three touchdown passes and the defense scored twice in the fourth quarter as No. 10 Texas A&M pulled away late for a 48-20 victory over Arizona State Saturday. The Aggies led by 4 before Reed threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Mario Craver on the second play of the...
A biotech firm has chosen San Antonio as the base of its operations against New World screwworm and other pests threatening U.S. agriculture. Biotech firm to build 130,000-square-foot research hub in San Antonio to fight New World screwworm was first posted on September 12, 2026 ...
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Tens of thousands of people gathered in Romania ’s capital Saturday to sit down at a miles-long table to break a Guinness record and raise money for what organizers said will be the country's first pediatric psychiatry hospital. The 5,055-meter (3.1-mile) “Uniting Table” was spra...
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One person was hospitalized with burns and a firefighter also suffered minor injuries after a fire on the Northwest Side, according to the San Antonio Fire Department. The fire happened just before 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the 8700 block of Cinnamon Creek. The fire was on the first...
The CEO of Anthropic said Saturday the artificial-intelligence industry should slow its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up. Without it, Dario Amodei warned AI could be capable within six to 12 months of leading a swarm that could take over the entire...
A man’s body was found with gunshot wounds near a water basin on the Northeast Side, according to the San Antonio Police Department. A witness found the decomposed body just before 8 p.m. Friday in the 7200 block of Wurzbach Parkway while walking to a nearby water basin to fish. ...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met Saturday on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in New Delhi, the latest effort by the rival neighbors to repair ties strained by a deadly border clash six years ago. Xi said China has approached relations wit...
A man was critically injured after a shooting in downtown San Antonio, according to the police department. Officers were dispatched to the shooting around 11:30 p.m. Friday in the 1100 block of Hemisfair Plaza Way, near Civic Park at Hemisfair. The San Antonio Police Department s...
The Atlantic is quiet — record quiet — this hurricane season thanks to an enormous El Nino that crushes storms before they get going. No Atlantic hurricanes have formed yet this year and none are likely to form for at least another week, even though this would normally be the pea...
