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Trump orders removal of ‘improper ideology’ from top US museums

Trump’s new executive order targets what he describes as the spread of a “divisive, race-centered ideology” at museums.

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Trump breaks with 175 years of Smithsonian tradition and pushes for more control to rid it of ‘anti-American ideology’

Trump to overhaul the world’s largest museum, education and research complex to ‘restore truth and sanity to American history’

The Independent UK

How a newspaper revolution sparked protesters and influencers, disinformation and the Civil War

There’s one question I get every time I give a talk. I’m a curator of political history at the Smithsonian Institution, and when I discuss the deep history of political division in our country, someone in the audience always asserts that we can’t possibly compare past divisions to the present,…

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Happy 25th anniversary, Chandra! NASA celebrates with 25 breathtaking images from flagship X-ray observatory

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the flagship Chandra X-ray observatory, NASA has released 25 never-before-seen images of iconic astronomical objects.

Space

Smithsonian says 2 new giant pandas returning to Washington's National Zoo from China by end of year

The Smithsonian Institution says two new giant pandas are returning to Washington’s National Zoo from China by the end of the year

The Independent UK

The poinsettia by any other name? Try 'cuetlaxochitl' or 'Nochebuena'

Like Christmas trees, Santa and reindeer, the poinsettia has long been a ubiquitous symbol of the holiday season in the U.S. and Europe

The Independent UK

Joel Roberts Poinsett: Namesake of the poinsettia, enslaver, secret agent and perpetrator of the 'Trail of Tears'

If people know the name Joel Roberts Poinsett today, it is likely because of the red and green poinsettia plant.

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Mutton, an Indigenous woolly dog, died in 1859 − new analysis confirms precolonial lineage of this extinct breed, once kept for their wool

Dogs have been in the Americas for more than 10,000 years. They were already domesticated when they came from Eurasia with the first people to reach North America. In the coastal parts of present-day Washington state and southwestern British Columbia, archaeologists have found dog remains dating back as far as…

The Conversation

Congress presses Smithsonian director on new museums, ‘panda diplomacy’

“We would like to have the pandas back,” Lonnie Bunch III, who leads the Smithsonian Institution, told the House Administration Committee.

Roll Call

A landmark study opens a new possible way for Black Americans to trace their ancestry

Researchers have compared the DNA of 27 Black people who lived at the Catoctin furnace between 1774 and 1850, finding a link between these enslaved Americans and nearly 42,000 living relatives.

WEKU

The 12 biggest volcanic eruptions in recorded history

From Krakatoa to the Tonga blast, here are some of the biggest volcanic eruptions in recorded history.

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