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Immigration and Customs Enforcement now says "use of force" was a factor in the death of an immigrant detainee.

Geraldo Lunas Campos died in January at the Camp East Montana for-profit detention center in El Paso, Texas.

The Department of Homeland Security said he died after attempting suicide, but a Scripps News investigation revealed Lunas Campos was in handcuffs moments before his death.

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A county autopsy said the death was a result of homicide.

Now, a new document quietly posted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement says Lunas Campos died "after a spontaneous use of force" to prevent him from harming himself.

The statement does not elaborate on who exerted force against Lunas Campos. Scripps News has reached out to officials for more details.

The Camp East Montana detention center is the largest for-profit immigration lockup in the country and relies on the use of private security guards.

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Some key world trade partners and national leaders embraced theSupreme Court's rulingon Feb. 20 thatPresident Donald Trumphas no authority to enforce sweeping globaltariffs.

The high court's decision to strike down the president's signature economic policy was met with hopes that it would help lower costs globally, and also in the United States.

Trump said he was "deeply disappointed" with the high court's ruling. In response, the president said he would immediately impose 10% temporary tariffs to replace the emergency tariffs the court overturned.

Meanwhile, Dominic LeBlanc, Canada's top official in charge of U.S.-Canada trade matters, said ina lengthy Feb. 20 post on Xthat the Supreme Court's ruling "reinforces Canada's position that the IEEPA tariffs imposed by the United States are unjustified."

"Although Canada has concluded the best trade agreement with the United States among all its trading partners, we recognize that there is still much to be done to support Canadian businesses and workers who continue to be affected by the tariffs imposed under Section 232 on the steel, aluminum, and automotive sectors," LeBlanc said.

As a result of the ruling, the federal government would have to refund about $175 billion in tariffs that were collected without congressional authorization, according to a Feb. 20 projection bythe Penn Wharton Budget Modelat the University of Pennsylvania.

The Supreme Court ruled that Trump wasn't authorized to impose tariffs underIEEPA, the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The emergency tariffs account for about half of what the government collects in tariffs.

"Unless replaced by another source, future tariff revenue collections will fall by half," the Penn Wharton Budget Model said.

The Penn Wharton report said that Customs and Border Patrol provides publictrade statistics, which are updated semi-regularly. The Penn report said CBP reported that it collected approximately $133.5 billion in tariffs under the IEEPA authority, according to its last update on Dec. 14.

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Canadian trade official supportsSCOTUSruling on tariffs

LeBlanc'spost on Xcomes two days after he'sreportedlyscheduled to meet with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Washington, "in the coming weeks" after a scheduled Canadian trade mission to Mexico.

LeBlanc's announcement also came after a phone call he had with Greer after the U.S. trade czar publicly mentioned potential barriers to bilateral trade talks, including issues regarding Canadian imports of American wine and spirits.

LeBlanc added in hisFeb. 20 X postthat Canada would still work to support businesses facing tariffs under other statutes that remain in place.

"As relations between Canada and the United States undergo a period of transformation and we approach the first joint review of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, we are working to create growth and opportunities on both sides of the border, while strengthening our collaboration with reliable trading partners and allies around the world," LeBlanc said.

EU monitoring Trump, still wants low tariffs

The European Union said ina pair of postson X it is closely watching the Trump administration's next moves after the Supreme Court decided to strike down the president's tariffs.

"We take note of the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court and are analysing it carefully," European Commission Deputy Chief Spokesperson Olof Gill said. "We remain in close contact with the U.S. Administration as we seek clarity on the steps they intend to take in response to this ruling," Gill said.

In a second post, Gill added, "Businesses on both sides of the Atlantic depend on stability and predictability in the trading relationship. We therefore continue to advocate for low tariffs and to work towards reducing them."

Separately, Bernd Lange, the chair of the EU parliament's international trade committee,wrote on Xthat the Supreme Court ruling was a "positive signal for the rule of law."

"Judges have shown that even (a) US president does not operate in a legal vacuum," Lange said.

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He also wrote that "the era of unlimited, arbitrary tariffs" may soon "be coming to an end."

Lange said the European Union's parliament "must now carefully evaluate" the ruling and its consequences. He said the EU will hold an emergency meeting Feb. 23 regarding the trade deal Trump made with them last year "in order to assess possible implications."

The EU parliament has spent several months fully implementing the terms of the trade deal that would have lowered tariffs for U.S. and European businesses.

However, what the global leaders are publicly saying and doing privately may be two different matters, as Trump still wants to impose tariffs,Rob Lalka, a business professor at Tulane University, told USA TODAY.

"Although the Supreme Court is the law of the land, many of these tariffs are tied to other trade regulations and could be tied to other future actions taken by the White House and the administration," Lalka said. "It's important not to react to the final word, because I don't think it will be."

Lalka said world leaders and trade partners should breathe too much of a sigh of relief.

"Prices aren't going to go back to what they were before this, and the diplomatic relations aren't going become automatically restored overnight like a wild dream we woke up from," Lalka said. "America's reliability as a trade partner in terms of clarity and consistency won't be the same because nobody knows what tomorrow may bring."

US Chamber of Commerce hails Supreme Court decision

Despite possible murkiness, theU.S. Chamber of Commercesaw the Supreme Court's ruling as "welcome news for businesses and consumers."

"We encourage the administration to use this opportunity to reset overall tariff policy in a manner that will lead to greater economic growth, larger wage gains for workers, and lower costs for families," Neil Bradley, the chamber's chief policy officer, said in a statement. "Swift refunds of the impermissible tariffs will be meaningful for the more than 200,000 small business importers in this country and will help support stronger economic growth this year."

Bradley said the chamber has been working with small and midsize businesses nationwide that have seen significant cost increases and supply chain disruptions as a result of the tariffs. The group filed anamicus briefin the case on behalf of small businesses suing the Trump administration.

"We encourage the administration to use this opportunity to reset overall tariff policy in a manner that will lead to greater economic growth, larger wage gains for workers, and lower costs for families," Bradley said.

Gavin Newsom and Rand Paul poke Trump

CaliforniaGov. Gavin Newsom, a Trump nemesis and possible 2028 presidential candidate,reposted a post on Xfrom his press office's account, criticizing the president, and raised a probing question maybe on the minds of millions of Americans after the Supreme Court's tariff ruling.

"CALLED IT! Trump's tariffs were ILLEGAL from day one," the post said. "An unconstitutional tax — and now it's dead. WHEN IS TRUMP GOING TO REFUND EVERY DAY AMERICAN PEOPLE THE $1,700 HE ILLEGALLY TAXED THEM?"

Newsom, whospoke defiantly of Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland,last month, later said ina separate X poston Feb. 20 that it is "Time to pay the piper, Donald."

"Your tariffs were nothing more than an illegal cash grab that drove up prices, hurt working families, and wrecked longstanding global alliances," Newsom said. "Every dollar your administration unlawfully took needs to be immediately refunded — with interest."

Meanwhile, RepublicanSen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who occasionally pokes at the Trump adminstration, also said ina post on Xthat "the Supreme Court struck down using emergency powers to enact taxes."

"This ruling will also prevent a future President such as AOC from using emergency powers to enact socialism," Paul said.

In anotherX post, Paul said that the Supreme Court makes plain what should have been obvious. "The power to impose tariffs is 'very clearly a branch of the power to tax.'"

USA TODAY's Bart Jansen contributed

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Canada, Europe react to Supreme Court ruling on Trump tariffs

All truckers and bus drivers will have to take their commercial driver's license tests in English as the Trump administration expands its aggressive campaign to improve safety in the industry and get unqualified drivers off the road.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the latest effort Friday to ensure that drivers understand English well enough to read road signs and communicate with law enforcement officers. Florida already started administering its tests in English.

Currently, many states allow drivers to take their license tests in other languages even though they are required to demonstrate English proficiency. California offered tests in 20 other languages. And Duffy said that a number of states have hired other companies to administer commercial driver's licenses tests, and those companies aren't enforcing the standards that drivers are supposed to meet.

"And the third party tester is participating in the scam because they are not adequately testing the people who went through a sham school," Duffy said.

He said every American wants drivers who get behind the wheel of a big rig to be well-qualified to handle those vehicles. But Duffy said that for too long the problems in the trucking industry were "allowed to rot and no one's paying attention to it for decades."

"Once you start to pay attention, you see that all these bad things have been happening. And the consequence of that is that Americans get hurt," Duffy said. "When we get on the road, we should expect that we should be safe. And that those who drive those 80,000-pound big rigs, that they are well-trained, they're well-qualified, and they're going to be safe."

The campaign will also now expand to prevent fraudulent trucking companies from getting into the business while continuing to go after questionable schools and ensure states are complying with all the regulations for handing out commercial licenses.

Earlier this week, the Transportation Departmentsaid 557 driving schools should closebecause they failed to meet basic safety standards. And the department has been aggressively going after states that handed out commercial driver's licenses to immigrants who shouldn't have qualified for them ever since a fatal crash in August.

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A truck driver who Duffy says wasn't authorized to be in the U.S. made an illegal U-turn and caused a crash in Floridathat killed three people. Other fatal crashes since then, including one in Indiana that killed four earlier this month, have only heightened concerns.

Duffy said that the registration system and requirements for trucking companies will be strengthened while Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration inspectors conduct more spot checks of trucks and commercial driver's license schools.

Currently, companies only have to pay a few hundred dollars and show proof of insurance to get registered to operate, and then they might not be audited until a year or more later.

That has made it easy for fraudulent companies that are known in the industry as chameleon carriers to register multiple times under different names and then simply switch names and registration numbers to avoid any consequences after crashes or other violations.

Officials are also trying to make sure that the electronic logging devices drivers use are accurate, and that states are following all the regulations to ensure drivers are qualified to get commercial licenses.

After that Indiana crash, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration knocked the company that employed the driver out of service and pulled the DOT numbers assigned to two other companies that were linked to AJ Partners. Tutash Express and Sam Express in the Chicago area were also disqualified, and the Aydana driving school that the trucker involved in the crash attended lost its certification.

Immigration authorities arrested that driver because they said the 30-year-old from Kyrgyzstan entered the country illegally. Authorities say he pulled out and tried to go around a truck that had slowed in front of him, and his truck slammed into an oncoming van.

In December, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration took action todecertify up to 7,500 of the 16,000 schoolsnationwide, but that includedmany defunct operations.

Duffy said the companies involved in that Indiana crash were all registered at the same apartment. In other cases, there might be hundreds of these chameleon companies registered at a single address.

UCLA head coach Mick Cronin issued a long apology Friday, days after hethrew his own player out of a lossfor a hard foul and got into it with a reporter.

Cronin said he directly apologized to center Steven Jamerson II, and that he thought he had committed a dirty play late in East Lansing in the final moments of UCLA's 82-59 loss against Michigan State. Now, after seeing the tape and all of the pushback, Cronin realized that wasn't what had happened.

"It's the only reason I sent him to the locker room," Cronin said, via the SoCal News Group's Aaron Heisen. "I thought he literally made a dirty play and tried to wipe the guy out. … To me, that's a bad play. You can't be down 25 or getting your butt kicked, don't try to take somebody out, hurt somebody on the other team, which is what I thought."

Cronin threw Jamerson out of the game himselfafter Jamerson drilled Michigan State center Carson Cooper on a breakaway dunk late in the blowout loss Tuesday night. Jamerson was called for a foul in the moment, though Cronin wasn't having it.

He called Jamerson over to the bench, grabbed him by his jersey and started walking him off the floor. Jamerson left without much protest.

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"I guess he upgraded that to a Flagrant 2, huh? That's the first time I've [seen] a coach do that," Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo said. "That sounded like Mick, he'll get that straightened out."

Jamerson, a senior, finished with two points and two rebounds in eight minutes. He was hit with a technical foul on the play, as was Cooper for his reaction. Cooper split his free throws for the original foul, which put Michigan State up by 28 points at the time.

After the game, Cronin was still in a terrible mood. He got into it with a reporter who asked him about Michigan State's student section, and then Cronin asked if that reporter was raising his voice at him.

Cronin apologized for his behavior in general Friday, too, and said he needs to "dial back some of my humor" after the wave of criticism he received this week.

"In this climate, you have to be careful with what you say," he said. "Because, I'm a good fit here because I know I'm not bigger than the brand. The brand matters here, the school matters. The last thing I want to do is bring negative publicity to our school.

"Sometimes, because it's not about me, I don't care what people think about me, I need to do a better job knowing, 'Well I am the coach here.' I need to make sure I don't do anything to embarrass our school. For that, I apologize."

Cronin is in his sixth season at UCLA, which started the season No. 12 in the national rankings before falling out completely. Cronin holds a 155-73 record with the Bruins, whom he led to a Final Four in his second campaign with the school.

UCLA now sits at 17-9 this season after back-to-back blowout losses last week. The Bruins will host No. 10 Illinois on Saturday.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) —Bob Jenkinsrisked his entire race team — a Daytona 500-winning team — when he refused to signNASCAR'srevenue-sharing agreement and Front Row Motorsports joined 23XI in suing over antitrust violations.

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Michael Jordanwas the face of the suit settled in December, while Jenkins was the quiet team owner in the background presumed to be riding the global icon's coattails.

"People thought Michael Jordan was bankrolling this — no, no, no. I had to pay my half," Jenkins told The Associated Press.

Jenkins, the sole owner of Front Row, said he split the fees of the case equally with 23XI, which has three owners to divide the costs. Had NASCAR notsettled the suit, both teams would have ceased operations.

"And I was OK with that," Jenkins told The Associated Press. "It would have hurt, I risked losing three charters myself, but I would have been OK. I just felt that strongly that we had a winning case that I could risk it."

The settlement that was reached on the ninth day of the trial made the charters — the equivalent of a franchise in other sports — evergreen and that alone doubled their value overnight to nearly $100 million each.

Who is Front Row Motorsports?

For Jenkins, an entrepreneur from Tennessee who owns Long John Silver's, 400 Taco Bell franchises and about 30 KFC franchises, the settlement meant a racing organization that had been bleeding money was now secure to be passed down to his four sons. He testified during the trial that Front Row had lost approximately $100 million since it launched in the early 2000s and didn't turn a profit a single season — even in 2021 when Michael McDowell won the Daytona 500.

The settlement now allows Jenkins to look to the future with Front Row, which has one of the youngest lineups in NASCAR and opened the 2026 season with a victory when Chandler Smith won the Truck Series race at Daytona.

The Ford team fields Cup Series cars for Noah Gragson — who at 27 is the oldest driver in the lineup — Zane Smith (26) and Todd Gilliland (25). Jenkins believes he has a budding star in Smith, who signed a contract extension last October when the fate of the team was uncertain amidst the lawsuit. Smith won a stage in last week's Daytona 500 and finished sixth, and heads into this Sunday's race at Atlanta Motor Speedway ranked fourth in the Cup standings.

Gilliland and Gragson are in contract years and Jenkins said he's explicitly told both what he expects from them this season.

The two Front Row trucks are driven by Smith and Layne Riggs, who are both 23.

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So the team has young drivers to develop, as well as an alliance with Team Penske. Jenkins said that partnership with Penske went soft during the lawsuit — Roger Penske signed the charter agreement presented to owners in 2024 that Front Row and 23XI refused to accept — but has amped up since the settlement.

What's next?

Front Row in the offseason hired engineer Grant Hutchens from Penske to crew chief Gragson, a move that allowed the team to move Drew Blickensderfer to competition director.

"Drew wanted more of an organizational, leadership role, and we always had that in the back of our mind, so Grant gave us an opportunity to fast-track that," explained Front Row general manager Jerry Freeze. "Bringing Grant in makes us a little more aligned with the Penske group and we hope that's hopefully going to pay off in the long run."

The settlement gave Front Row stability — Freeze said "it seems like a light switch went on with our relationship with Penske" — and relief to team employees who had worried their jobs might cease to exist. It also allows the team to search for new headquarters as Front Row is currently bursting at the seams across two different leased race shops, one owned by the late Greg Biffle and the other owned by Brad Keselowski.

Jenkins wants to consolidate his teams into one building and can now confidently make that investment.

A sense of satisfaction

Jenkins and Front Row don't get the same attention as mega teams Penske, Hendrick Motorsports or Joe Gibbs Racing. And he's a busy team owner with commitments to his fast-food empire that he takes a very hands-on role with. It was Jenkins who made the call for Long John Silver's to switch to waffle fries — a recipe he says the chain is still trying to perfect to prevent fries from getting soggy during third-party delivery — and he's often in the test kitchen sampling new recipes and vetoing a spicy shrimp idea because he didn't like the way the fish looked in a red sauce.

It made sense that Jordan, winning team owner of last week's Daytona 500, was willing to take on NASCAR in the revenue sharing dispute because racing is just his retirement hobby. But it took bravery and belief for Jenkins to sue — something the likes of Joe Gibbs, Rick Hendrick and Roger Penske did not do.

Jenkins doesn't need to be celebrated, but he's certainly pleased with the outcome for himself, his race teams and the future of NASCAR. It was a fight he thinks he's "probably stupid enough to have done myself" without 23XI, but knows having Jordan was necessary.

"Personally it's very gratifying because it could have went the other way, and this sounds cliche, but when something needs to be said, you've got to find a way to say it," Jenkins said. "We did that and it just makes me feel good that we took a stand."

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The NFL generated more than $10 billion a year through much of the 2010s, and franchise values soared across the league. At the same time, it faced major lawsuits involving player safety, hiring discrimination, team relocations, and labor disputes. Several of these cases led to costly settlements and forced rule changes. Over the past decade, legal battles have shaped league policy almost as much as what happens on the field.

NFL Concussion Settlement

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Brain injuries forced the NFL into one of the largest settlements in sports history. The league finalized a concussion settlement in 2016, creating lifetime compensation for retired players. More than 3,000 players or families filed claims linked to dementia or Parkinson's disease. Approved payouts passed $827 million by early 2022. The agreement remains uncapped under federal court supervision today.

Race Norming Concussion Lawsuit

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Testing formulas once reduced compensation access for Black players seeking concussion settlement payouts. The NFL began using race-normed scoring adjustments during cognitive evaluations in 2013. Former players sued, claiming racial bias in medical calculations. The league removed race norming in October 2021. Hundreds of retired players had the chance to retest their cognitive results and qualify for larger settlement awards again.

Brian Flores Hiring Discrimination Lawsuit

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A text message mistake helped spark one of the most explosive employment lawsuits in league history. Brian Flores sued the NFL in February 2022, alleging racial discrimination in hiring practices. Data showed NFL rosters were over 70% Black while head coaches remained mostly White. The lawsuit challenges how teams conduct interviews under diversity-hiring rules across the league today.

St. Louis Rams Relocation Lawsuit

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Losing the team cost St. Louis nearly a billion dollars and triggered years of courtroom fights. The NFL paid $790 million in 2021 to settle relocation claims stemming from the Rams' 2016 move. The settlement prevented a public trial that could have exposed internal league emails and financial projections documents, as city officials argued that league relocation policies required honest negotiations.

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Rams Fan Relocation Lawsuit

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Fans rarely sue teams successfully, but St. Louis ticket holders forced a multi-million dollar payout. The Rams agreed to a $25 million settlement in January 2020 tied to relocation claims. Plaintiffs said team leadership suggested the franchise would stay locally. Lawsuit filings showed fans spent money on tickets and merchandise based on those public statements from ownership interviews years earlier.

NFL Painkiller Distribution Lawsuit

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Painkiller distribution inside locker rooms became a legal flashpoint when retired players sued the NFL. The 2014 class action claimed teams ignored medical histories when providing medications. Players alleged addiction risk and organ damage tied to drug use. A federal judge dismissed the case in December 2021, citing statute of limitations rules tied to retirement timelines for former professional athletes.

Colin Kaepernick Collusion Grievance

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A starting quarterback losing his career created one of the most controversial grievances in modern sports. Colin Kaepernick filed a collusion grievance in 2017, claiming teams worked together to avoid signing him. The NFL reached a confidential settlement in 2019. The whole fiasco followed his 2016 protests during the national anthem, tied to police brutality debates across the United States, publicly.

Deflategate Legal Battle

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This case started as a dispute over underinflated footballs during the 2014 AFC Championship Game, and turned into a major legal fight over league authority. The NFL suspended Tom Brady for four games, citing violations of equipment rules. Brady appealed the decision in federal court, arguing the league overstepped its power. After nearly two seasons of legal back-and-forth, a federal appeals court reinstated the suspension in 2016, reinforcing the commissioner's disciplinary authority under the collective bargaining agreement.

Saints No Call Fan Lawsuits

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A missed penalty changed a playoff game and triggered lawsuits from furious fans. Saints supporters sued after a missed pass interference call during the 2019 NFC Championship Game. Courts dismissed most lawsuits because officiating decisions fall under league authority. The controversy pushed the NFL to temporarily expand replay review rules to include pass interference challenges for coaches and game officials.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal judge has denied the Trump administration's request to delay a Friday deadline torestore an exhibiton the history of slavery at Independence Mall in Philadelphia.

Slavery Exhibit Removed

The ruling Friday morning came as restoration work begun Thursdayresumedat the site of the former President's House. Senior U.S. District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe had set a 5 p.m. Friday deadline for its completion, and she held to that timeline, even as the administration appeals her decision.

The Interior Department has said in court papers that it planned to replace the exhibit with its own narrative on slavery, as the administration works to remove information that it deems"disparaging" to Americansfrom federal properties. Rufe said it must work with the city on new material under a longstanding cooperative agreement.

"As this court established, "(t)he government can convey a different message without restraint elsewhere if it so pleases, but it cannot do so to the President's House until it follows the law and consults with the city," Rufe, an appointee of Republican President George W. Bush, said in Friday's opinion.

In its own filing Friday to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Justice Department called her ruling "extraordinary" and "an improper intrusion on the workings of a co-equal branch of government."

The appeals court asked the city to respond to the request for an emergency stay of Rufe's order.

One of the panels being rehung Friday morning — titled "History Lost & Found" — details the surprising discovery of artifacts from the building during an archaeological dig in the early 2000s, as work was being done on a new pavilion for the Liberty Bell.

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National Park Service employees worked with care on the exhibits, including those on the nine people enslaved by George and Martha Washington in the 1790s, when Philadelphia served as the nation's capital. The Park Service describes theoutdoor exhibitas one "that examines the paradox between slavery and freedom in the founding of the nation."

The Trump administration abruptly removed the panels in January, leading the city and other advocates to file suit. They had been on display since 2010, the result of years of research and collaboration between the city, the Park Service, historians and other private parties.

Rufe, in denying the federal government's request for a delay, said that side was unlikely to succeed at trial. And she said the public –- and the city's reputation -- was being harmed with each passing day.

The city, she said, "is responsible for the public trust in the city's telling of its own history, its own integrity in telling that history, and preventing erasure of that history, particularly in advance of the semiquincentennial."

Millions of people are expected to visit Philadelphia, the nation's birthplace, this year for the 250th anniversary of the country's founding in 1776.

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia, which is representing the administration in court, declined to comment on the restoration work Friday.

Kimberly Gegner, a teacher from Philadelphia, visited the site Friday with some of her 6th- to 9th-grade students. As a Black American, she said, it had pained her to see the history removed. But she was grateful to see it going back up.

"This whole case and what happened here — the taking it down and how Mayor Parker and other Pennsylvanians had to go to court to have it restored — is an excellent case of how the Constitution was applied to win this case for Philadelphia," she said.