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

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

In defiance of Trump’s announcement last Friday that he was firing her, Kim Sajet — the director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery — has continued to report for ...

But this time, the attack has foundered, as Trump lacks the legal authority to dismiss Sajet or hire her replacement—although ...

Four days after the president said he was dismissing the head of the National Portrait Gallery, the Smithsonian has yet to ...

President Donald Trump's new White House portrait is revealed days after he dismissed Kim Sajet from head of the National ...

Trump announced in a post on Truth Social on Friday that he had fired Kim Sajet, director of the National Portrait Gallery in ...

President Donald Trump announced Friday that he is firing Kim Sajet, the longtime director of the National Portrait Gallery.