How Trump Has Tuned Out a Key Justice Dept. Legal Office
The Office of Legal Counsel issues opinions that are supposed to bind the executive branch. The Trump administration has taken steps and made claims in tension with several of them.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian’s Leader’s Future Unclear After Trump Executive Order
The president’s executive order demanding change at the institution presents a perilous test for Lonnie G. Bunch III, its secretary, whom the White House calls a partisan Democrat.
Trump Takes Aim at Smithsonian, Wading Into Race and Biology
His executive order faulted an exhibit which “promotes the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct,” a widely held position in the scientific community.
What to Know About Trump’s Order Taking Aim at the Smithsonian
The president’s order called for curbing the independence of the sprawling network of museums and urging it to promote “American greatness.”
Trump Orders Smithsonian to Promote ‘American Greatness’ in Executive Order
The president complained in an executive order that the Smithsonian had advanced “narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.”