The Smithsonian is challenging the president’s authority to dismiss the leader of the National Portrait Gallery but says it ...

The Smithsonian Institution late Monday issued its own declaration of independence, saying authority over its staff lies with ...

A painting commissioned to commemorate the eight years Michael Nutter served as mayor of Philadelphia has been awarded first ...

President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to assert control over an elite American cultural institution has turned into a ...

The president said he had fired the museum leader — setting up a standoff between the White House and the Smithsonian.