In a letter to Vice President JD Vance, four U.S. representatives on a committee that oversees the cultural institution urged ...

House Democrats are demanding the White House preserve the independence of the Smithsonian Institution after President Donald ...

President Donald Trump’s executive order threatens to pull federal funding from exhibits and programs the administration believes “degrade shared American values” or “divide Americans based ...

Funding for the report was provided by the Andrew Mellon, Alice L. Walton and Ford Foundations. In 2023, Mellon committed ...

President Trump targets museums he said push divisive ideology. Activists and historians say he's trying to erase the ...

Leaders of state humanities councils throughout the country say federal funding cuts by President Donald Trump's ...

The executive order also hints at the return of statues ... Linda St. Thomas, the Smithsonian Institution’s chief spokesperson, said in an email late Thursday, “We have no comment for now.” ...

He signed an executive order putting Vice President JD Vance in charge of an effort to “remove improper ideology” from the Smithsonian Institution, including its museums, education and ...

President Trump recently signed an executive order restricting funding for museum exhibits promoting “improper ideology.” Credits: AJC | Getty | The White House ...