The White House removed a social media post shared by former President Donald Trump on Friday that included racist imagery depicting former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes, following widespread backlash. The post, which also contained debunked claims about the 2020 election, was taken down after a White House official stated a staffer "erroneously made the post."
The video, shared late Thursday night, abruptly showed the Obamas' faces with the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" playing in the background, according to ABC News. The move came after criticism from both Democrats and Republicans. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt had initially dismissed the criticism as "fake outrage," according to ABC News.
In other news, a federal judge ordered the U.S. government to return three migrant families affected by the Trump administration's family separation policy who were deported, declaring the deportations "unlawful," according to CBS News. U.S. District Court Judge Dana Sabraw ruled the deportations violated a court settlement designed to provide benefits to those affected by the policy. The policy, which separated migrant children from their parents along the U.S.-Mexico border, was scrapped in 2018 amid legal challenges and public outcry, according to CBS News.
Meanwhile, a drug trafficker linked to the 1994 murder of Colombian soccer star Andrés Escobar has been killed in Mexico, President Gustavo Petro announced Friday, according to CBS News. Santiago Gallon Henao had been investigated in the death of Escobar, who was gunned down in Medellin days after scoring an own goal in a match against the United States at the 1994 World Cup. The own goal contributed to Colombia's first-round elimination from the tournament, according to CBS News.
Finally, a redistricting effort aimed at helping Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections could backfire in Virginia, potentially costing them congressional seats, according to CBS News. Democrats have prepared a partisan gerrymander that could dramatically shift the commonwealth's representation on Capitol Hill if it were to become law and be used in this fall's elections. "Today we are leveling the playing field," Virginia Democratic state Sen. L. Louise Lucas said in a social media video, according to CBS News.
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