President Donald Trump has been moving to take greater control over the Smithsonian Institution and said earlier this week that the organization focuses too much on “how bad slavery was.” ...

President Trump — who regularly denounces anything he dislikes as “fake news,” even when it is accurate — is now demanding that Smithsonian Institution museums undergo an overhaul to present a fake ...

Only a racist would dare to defend or dismiss slavery, which stripped Africans of human rights and enslaved them as chattel to pick cotton on Southern plantations. They were often whipped and — in the ...

VISITING What to know: The museum is open seven days a week, except Dec. 25, between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Admission is free, and passes are not required. For more information, go to ...

Tony Dokoupil agrees with President Donald Trump that the Smithsonian museums’ exhibits should be revamped.