HOW THE SMITHSONIAN COULD FALL; The Atlantic, July 16, 2026

Kelsey Ables, Photographs by Caroline Gutman, The Atlantic ; HOW THE SMITHSONIAN COULD FALL

"The Trump administration wants to control the Smithsonian, but it won’t be so easy."

Trump says he fired National Portrait Gallery chief in latest conflict with arts; The Guardian, May 30, 2025

Robert Mackey, The Guardian ; Trump says he fired National Portrait Gallery chief in latest conflict with arts

"After beginning his second presidency in January, Trump issued an executive order directing the removal of “improper, divisive or anti-American ideology” from the institution’s storied museums.

Sajet had said the gallery under her leadership tried “very hard to be even-handed when we talk about people and that’s the key”."