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

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.

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

President Trump threatened to block funding for Smithsonian exhibitions that discuss racism and ordered the restoration of monuments taken down because of their celebration of racist figures.

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

The authors are writing in response to the Trump administration's criticism of a “widespread effort to rewrite history” with the goal to create “societal divides.” ...

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

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

The memo from Lonnie G. Bunch III, the first African American to lead the Smithsonian Institution, was as much a message of ...

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