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When President Trump issued an executive order claiming that the Smithsonian Institution had “come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology,” he singled out a sculpture exhibition at...
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Hundreds of out-of-town tourists had come hoping to get a slice of U.S. history.
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Major changes could be coming to Smithsonian museums with President Trump's latest executive order to remove what he calls "improper ideology."
An executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institution is prompting questions over the organization’s past and who runs and funds it.
The president complained in an executive order that the Smithsonian had advanced “narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.”
In the executive order issued late last week, Trump criticized what he saw as “a concerted and widespread effort to rewrite our Nation’s history” that replaces “objective facts with a distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth.”
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”
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President Donald Trump said a "concerted and widespread" effort over the past decade has sought to rewrite American history.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said President Trump’s order looking to control the “divisive narratives” at Smithsonian museums and federal sites is “deeply disrespectful.” Moore joined CNN’s “State
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The White House wants the quasi-independent network of museums to remove "improper ideology" from its collections
President Trump signed an executive order targeting funding for Smithsonian Institution programs that he says contain "divisive, race-centered ideology."