Because the Smithsonian can receive private funding, it is not entirely in trouble-but the long-term effects remain unclear.

The top Democrat of the House Administration Committee, Rep. Joe Morelle, and other Democrats who have oversight of the ...

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

An executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institution is prompting questions over the organization’s past and who runs and funds it.

President Donald Trump on Thursday revealed his intention to force changes at the Smithsonian Institution with an executive order that targets funding for programs that advance “divisive narratives” ...

The order is vague but suggests Trump is seeking to purge elements of what conservatives view as a revisionist history of the US that places systemic racism at the heart of its narrative.

The president has issued an executive order to control Smithsonian exhibits and restore removed statues linked to slavery ...

There is also bipartisan support for the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act to be located on the mall. That measure is led by Sens. Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, and Cynthia ...

The Trump administration, however, is not happy with the way the Smithsonian Institution and other U.S. museums are ...

The president’s recent executive order directed at the institution will face a lot of procedural headwinds before he can MAGA ...

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

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Thursday revealed his intention to force changes at the Smithsonian Institution with an executive order that targets funding for programs that advance ...