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‘Don Colossus,’ a golden statue of President Trump, waits for its home

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‘Don Colossus,’ a golden statue of President Trump, waits for its home Feb. 10, 2026 at 4:12 pm Miniature versions of the Trump statue, designed by Alan Cottrill, in his studio in Zanesville, Ohio, Jan. 29. At 15 feet tall, the statue of President Donald Trump, mounted on its 7,000-pound pedestal, is about the height of a two-story building — a giant effigy cast in bronze and finished with a thick layer of gold leaf. (Maddie McGarvey/The New York Times) 1 of 6 |  Miniature versions of the Trump statue, designed by Alan Cottrill, in his studio in Zanesville, Ohio, Jan. 29. At 15 feet tall, the statue of... (Maddie McGarvey/The New York Times) More  Skip Ad By  David Yaffe-Bellany The New York Times It’s known as “Don Colossus.” At 15 feet tall, the statue of President Donald Trump, mounted on its 7,000-pound pedestal, is about the height of a two-story building — a giant effigy cast in bronze and finished with a thick layer of gold leaf. For more than a year, the golde...
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On the Ground With Crews Battling to Keep the Lights On in Ukraine

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Emergency-repair teams and power-station workers fight around the clock to restore power and heating under constant Russian attacks  By Oksana Grytsenko | Photography by Serhii Korovayny for WSJ  The Wall Street Journal , Feb. 14, 2026 10:00 pm ET  Original article contains additional illustrations Quick Summary --An elite Ukrainian dive team repaired an underwater crack at a power plant in late January in the midst of Russian missile strikes. --Russian strikes have killed more than 160 energy workers and 100 emergency-service workers, targeting infrastructure and rescuers. --Ukrainian energy workers repeatedly repair damaged plants, including one struck at least 10 times, only for them to be hit again.  KYIV, Ukraine—It was late January, and an elite Ukrainian team grabbed their tools for a special operation critical to their country’s resistance against Russia: an underwater drone, a hammer and a chisel. Their job was to repair a crack in a concrete structure at a ...
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