As lawmakers clashed with a top Smithsonian official at a Tuesday hearing, they ping-ponged between small details — like items sold in the gift shop — and the loftiest American ideals. Republicans accused Anthea M. Hartig, director of the National Museum of American History, of trying to “rewrite” the country’s past with a version focused more […]

If Trump gets his way, the Smithsonian will become a temple of ‘shallow patriotism’

In a House DOGE subcommittee hearing, GOP representatives excoriated the director of the National Museum of American History, following a White House report earlier this month…