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The Trump administration said it will appeal a federal judge’s order requiring the restoration of a Philadelphia exhibit detailing the lives of nine people enslaved by George Washington at his former residence near Independence Mall. The Justice Department argues that the administration has sole authority to determine how history is …

In a scathing opinion, U.S. District Court Judge Cynthia Rufe, a George W. Bush appointee, ordered the federal government to restore exhibits on slavery that had been removed from the President’s House in Philadelphia last month. While the order provides no deadline for the government to reinstall the exhibitions, it …

The city of Philadelphia sued the Interior Department and the acting director of the National Park Service on Thursday, alleging that federal officials unlawfully removed exhibits referencing slavery from a prominent historic site near Independence Hall. The lawsuit, filed in federal court, seeks a preliminary injunction requiring the restoration of …