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The Latest: Belgians to challenge FIFA decision to let Folarin Balogun play in World Cup match

The White House says President Donald Trump plans to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the NATO summit in Turkey

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White House Claims Smithsonian Has Been Captured by 'Radical, Activist Ideology', Says it 'Cannot Be Trusted' to Tell America's Story'

The administration argues that exhibits and educational materials emphasize themes such as gender identity and systemic racism while giving insufficient attention to America's founders

Latin Times

White House Report Accuses Smithsonian of Pushing 'Extreme' Ideology at National Museum of American History

A new White House Domestic Policy Council report accuses Smithsonian leaders of adopting an “ideological” and activist approach…, alleging they are trying to impose ideology on how the National Museum of American History presents the nation’s past.

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White House report says Smithsonian leadership ‘cannot be trusted’ with America’s story

The report comes in the midst of Trump’s aggressive campaign to overhaul some of Washington's most sacred cultural and historic institutions

The Independent UK

History redressed: Melania makes her mark, in a fashion, with Smithsonian gown

First lady is first in more than 100 years to have two inaugural gowns in museum’s popular collection

The Guardian - US

Smithsonian rejects Trump’s attempt to fire National Portrait Gallery director

Trump tried to force out Kim Sajet, calling her ‘highly partisan and a strong supporter of’ of diversity initiatives

The Guardian - US

"Sickening" order censors Black history

"You can't make America great again if you don't acknowledge all the things that America is"

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Head of DC’s African American museum on leave as Trump targets Smithsonian

Kevin Young has been absent since 14 March, weeks before president’s order taking aim at ‘anti-American’ content

The Guardian - US

As Trump rewrites even America’s history, institutions have two choices – submit or find ways to resist

The Smithsonian’s museums have been ordered to root out ‘divisive narratives’. It’s part of a pattern: the battle lines are now clear, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian - UK

‘It reminds you of a fascist state’: Smithsonian Institution braces for Trump rewrite of US history

Normally staid historians sound alarm at authoritarian grasping for control of the premier US museum complex

The Guardian - US

The idea of a national African American museum went back 100 years before its opening

The museum celebrated the 20th anniversary of legislation that funded it this week, but it can trace its origins back to Black veterans who fought for the Union Army in the Civil War.

WEKU

‘A search for ourselves’: shipwreck becomes focus of slavery debate

Vessel that sank with more than 200 transported people onboard is being used to humanise the story of slavery

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