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Here are some of today's headlines from the Los Angeles Times.

President Trump ordered a major overhaul of how American history is presented in national parks.

Jack Dolan reports the National Park Service has been instructed to remove language deemed negative or partisan,

and replace it with messaging that highlights America's extraordinary heritage and unmatched progress.

The directive stems from a March executive order, now being implemented America's extraordinary heritage and unmatched progress.

The directive stems from a March executive order, now being implemented by the Interior

Department.

New signs have been posted at sites like Manzanar and the Caesar Chavez Monument.

Some even include QR codes encouraging visitors to report unpatriotic messages.

Critics say the move censors real history in

favor of a patriotic spin, removing dark chapters like slavery, Jim Crow, and the internment of Japanese

Americans. The private prison company Core Civic is turning a closed California prison into the state's

largest migrant detention center.

Gabrielle Lamar Lemmy reports as ICE rates to expand detention capacity, CORE Civic secured a no-bid contract worth up to $31 million over six months.

The facility will add more than 2,500 beds, boosting the states totaled by 36%.

Advocates warned this move undermines California's ban on private prisons and could reopen

the door for federal use of closed state facilities.

Supporters say the complex could generate local employment, but critics describe it as a revenue-oriented

model that functions beyond the reach

of state regulation. Advocates are pressing California's officials to intervene and block future

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