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The U.S. Capitol is seen as cars drive on Pennsylvania Avenue, during rush hour, Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

House rejects Smithsonian women’s museum bill after GOP bans ‘biological men’ from exhibits

The House has rejected a proposal for a new Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum on the National Mall.

School children visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture's Middle Passage exhibit, behind a wooden timber, the artifact at right, from the slave ship, the São José-Paquete de Africa, Friday, March 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

AP Exclusive: Smithsonian museum will revamp its slavery exhibit after artifact loan runs out

First lady Melania Trump presents her 2025 inaugural ball gown to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Melania Trump donates her white and black-trimmed inaugural ball gown to the Smithsonian

A display in the "Great Debate" section of a democracy exhibit at the National Museum of American History, seen Aug. 26, 2025, in Washington, reflects some of the issues the nation grapples with. (AP Photo/Calvin Woodward, File)

Smithsonian responds to White House pressure by handing over more plans on its exhibits

A visitor stops to look at a photograph of President Donald Trump and a short plaque next to it are on display at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery's "American Presidents" exhibit on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Reference to Trump’s impeachments is removed from the display of his Smithsonian photo portrait

8,000-year-old wheat grains in Georgia show the earliest evidence of breadmaking

A small imprint left on a piece of Neolithic mudbrick in Georgia is helping rewrite the story of one of the world’s most important crops. The findings suggest the South Caucasus region was a center of wheat domestication alongside early winemaking, positioning the area as a cradle of both agriculture and viticulture.

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Slave ship remnant to leave Smithsonian as it impacts visitors in final month

Baby elephant from endangered Asian species born at National Zoo

London home of Benjamin Franklin marks 250th anniversary of the United States

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A sign that reads "Closed due to federal government shutdown," is seen outside of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

You can end a shutdown overnight — but you can’t reopen a government that fast

In this Sept. 3, 2025 photo, Samuel J. Redman, Ph.D., Professor of History and Director of the Public History Program at the University of Massachusetts, sits in front of content he uses from the Smithsonian on campus in Amherst, Mass. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

White House’s review of Smithsonian content could reach into classrooms nationwide

Protest signs from a selection of historic demonstrations are displayed at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, Aug. 13, 2025, representing the causes of anti-war and civil rights activists, the tea party, farmers and other populist movements. (AP Photo/River Zhang)

A walk through a Smithsonian museum reveals American genius and cruelty as Trump presses for change

People visit the Smithsonian Museum of American History on the National Mall in Washington, April 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

White House orders a review of exhibits at Smithsonian museums ahead of nation’s 250th birthday

The Jackson Home, where Martin Luther King Jr. and others planned marches to call for Black voting rights in the early 60s in Selma, Ala., is shown being reconstructed at The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Mich., Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Michigan museum preserves Civil Rights artifacts amid federal efforts to downplay Black history

People visit the Smithsonian Museum of American History on the National Mall in Washington, April 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Smithsonian denies White House pressure to remove Trump impeachment references

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, July 25, 2025, in Washington. The President is traveling to Scotland. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

After a reference to Trump’s impeachments is removed from a history museum, complex questions echo

People visit the Smithsonian Museum of American History on the National Mall in Washington, April 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

The Smithsonian removes a Trump impeachment reference from an exhibit but says it’s temporary

The National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall is seen on Friday, March 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Prominent pastor notified books loaned to African American museum may be returned amid review

Pastor Robert Turner walks near the National Museum of African American History and Culture as part of his monthly walk from Baltimore to Washington to raise awareness of reparations on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Black churches back embattled Smithsonian African American history museum after Trump’s order

The National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall is seen on Friday, March 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Critics see Trump attacks on the ‘Black Smithsonian’ as an effort to sanitize racism in US history

People wait in line to enter the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Cultural on the National Mall in Washington, Mat 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

What is the Smithsonian, and why is President Trump unhappy with it?

People wait in line to enter the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Cultural on the National Mall in Washington, Mat 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with ‘improper ideology’

Asian American Literature Festival that was canceled by the Smithsonian in 2023 to be revived

First lady Jill Biden, center, is joined by designers Gabriela Hearst, left, and Alexandra O'Neill, at an event to present her 2021 inaugural ensembles to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Jill Biden donates inaugural wear, face masks to Smithsonian

A bronze sculpture called the "Head of a King" or "Oba," probably from the 1700s, rests in front of a white background, Dec. 13, 2004, in Providence, R.I. The bronze sculpture, one the Benin Bronzes, of a West African king, had been in the collection of Rhode Island School of Design Museum for more than 70 years. The sculpture was among 31 culturally precious objects that were looted by the British in the late 19th century and were returned to the Nigerian government, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. (Erik Gould/RISD Museum via AP)

US museums return African bronzes stolen in 19th century

Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., holds up a pen given to her by President Joe Biden during a bill signing ceremony for the "Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture Act," Monday, June 13, 2022, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Also on stage are Vice President Kamala Harris, second from left, Rep. Young Kim, R-Calif., Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden signs bill for national Asian Pacific history museum

FILE - Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, May 27, 2020, in Washington. Efforts to create a national Asian Pacific American museum in Washington, D.C., pushed ahead Monday. The House passed legislation that would create a commission to study the feasibility of a new National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture. "It's a joy to see this AAPI museum study bill arrive at this point today," said Meng, referring to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

House passes bill to study new Asian Pacific American museum

Michigan State Museum joins Smithsonian communities program

Smithsonian exhibition coming to 6 Massachusetts towns

Detroit museum hosting exhibit on narrative of Black men

Louisiana State Museum presents Green Book exhibit programs

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump hold on to a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

‘This attack happened': Medals to honor Jan. 6 responders

FILE - This Sept. 19, 2019, file photo shows Jeff Bezos speaking at the National Press Club in Washington. The Smithsonian Institution announced July 14, 2021, that Bezos, founder of Amazon and space-flight company Blue Origin, is donating $200 million to the National Air and Space Museum. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Bezos donates $200M to Smithsonian for Air and Space Museum

Artist who created first paint-by-numbers pictures dies

CORRECTS AGE TO 86 INSTEAD OF 68 - This 1997 photo taken by Phyllis Merryman shows Jack Kilby and Jerry Merryman, right, at the American Computer Museum in Bozeman, Montana. Kilby, Merryman and James Van Tassel are credited with having invented the handheld calculator while working at Dallas-based Texas Instruments. Merryman died Feb. 27, 2019, at the age of 86. (Phyllis Merryman via AP)

‘Brilliant’ man who was an inventor of the calculator dies

Venezuela’s vanishing red bird gets a coffee pick-me-up

Museum of Art, Heritage Farm to take part in Museum Day promotion

A livelier nation’s capital awaits your vote

A live Brown Recluse Spider crawls in a dish at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. It's that time of year when the bugs emerge to bug us. Some can pose real threats _ Lyme disease from tiny ticks, West Nile virus from mosquitoes, or life-threatening allergic reactions to bee stings. But most bug bites in this country are an itchy nuisance. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Bugs emerge to bug us, and a few pose health risks

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