Michael Schaffer is a senior editor and columnist at POLITICO Magazine. He has covered national and local politics for over 20 years and spent seven years as editor-in-chief of the Washingtonian. His ...

Found in the ancient city of Caracol, the tomb contained a rare jade mask, ceramics, and jewelry often linked to the Maya ...

A mosaic adorning the entrance to a fifth-century church in Turkey ’s ancient city of Olympus is both just the tip of the ...

"A big goal of the exhibit was the (Pequots) wanted to share the history of their people, but also reinforce the idea that Pequots are ... still here, despite everything that has happened to them." ...

Anacostia BID faces criticism for its approach to promoting businesses, with some calling for more intentional, coordinated ...

At 9:00 PM, MacArthur sent troops to Anacostia Flats where 10,000 people lived in a makeshift camp. Many veterans had brought ...

Kathryn Jones is on a mission to read every plaque in every D.C.-area Smithsonian. While she didn’t start the project for ...

Leaders of the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum said the Trump administration didn’t include any federal funding for ...

The Smithsonian says it retains the authority over personnel such as the director of the National Portrait Gallery, whose firing the president had announced.

The Smithsonian Institution late Monday issued its own declaration of independence, saying authority over its staff lies with Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch. The move follows President Trump's assertion ...

The Trump administration is proposing to eliminate separate funding for the Smithsonian’s long-planned National Museum of the American Latino on the National Mall, as well as the Anacostia ...

What Could Trump’s Proposed Smithsonian Cuts Mean for Two DC Museums? The White House's budget would pull all government funding from the Anacostia Community Museum and the planned National Museum of ...