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Trump’s effort to oust the director of the National Portrait Gallery could give him absolute control over Smithsonian content ...
The president said he had fired the museum leader — setting up a standoff between the White House and the Smithsonian.
Four days after the president said he was dismissing the head of the National Portrait Gallery, the Smithsonian has yet to ...
Kim Sajet, the director of the Smithsonian museum for more than 12 years, has tried to bring in more contemporary artists.
Kim Sajet, the director of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., was still coming to work earlier this week-even ...
President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to assert control over an elite American cultural institution has turned into a ...
The White House's budget would pull all government funding from the Anacostia Community Museum and the planned National ...
The move comes after the president dispatched Vice President JD Vance to “remove improper ideology” from Smithsonian museums.
President Donald Trump announced on May 30 that he fired Kim Sajet from her role as director of Smithsonian’s National ...
President Donald Trump dismisses Kim Sajet from the National Portrait Gallery, citing her support for DEI as inappropriate, ...
It is not clear the president has the authority to make staffing decisions for the gallery, which is part of the Smithsonian ...
Trump’s move to fire Sajet, who was named director in 2013, has been called into question as the Smithsonian is not under the ...