Democrats Defend the Smithsonian

“House Democrats issued a rebuttal to the White House’s attack on the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, arguing in a report that the Trump administration cherry-picked quotes, mangled basic facts and misstated who controls the institution — even as House Republicans escalate the fight by summoning the museum’s director to testify Tuesday,” the Washington Post reports.

“The dueling documents sharpen a months-long struggle over how to tell the nation’s story as its 250th birthday celebrations unfold, and whether a president can dictate the contents of the congressionally chartered institution.”