Politics● LowSep 8 · Sep 8, 2026, 8:32 PM
Head of Smithsonian museums announces he will be stepping down
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Al Jazeera [en] · North America
The US institution is under pressure from the Trump administration to change how it portrays the country's history.
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