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  • Days after President Donald Trump's name
  • Shutdown
  • A steady stream of people stopped by the
  • After missing a deadline to comply with a federal judge's ruling to remove President Donald Trump's name from the
  • We just won a massive victory against Donald Trump's illegal scheme to deface the

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Spectators gathered on Saturday afternoon to witness the removal of President Trump's name from the John F. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day, click here: https://www.nbcnews.com » Subscribe to ... President Trump A court filing

Workers set up scaffolding on Friday and began taking down the controversial letters overnight under the cover of tarps.

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