PoliticsHead of Smithsonian museums announces he will step down

Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch says he will leave by the end of the year amid pressure from the Trump administration to change how the institution portrays US history. Conservatives have criticized its depictions of racism, colonialism and other aspects of the country’s past.

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