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President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” targeting the Smithsonian Institution. The order tasks Vice President J.D. Vance with removing “improper ideology” from Smithsonian museums, supported by Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and advisor Lindsey Halligan. Critics, including historian Raymond Arsenault, have described the move as totalitarian. The Smithsonian, a public-private partnership founded in 1846 with 21 museums and the National Zoo, faces potential loss of federal funding if it does not comply, echoing pressure applied to other institutions like Columbia University.

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President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the Smithsonian Institution to be purged of "divisive, race-centered ideology." The order tasks Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum with overseeing the review of the Smithsonian's 21 museums, the National Zoo, and other sites. However, the article focuses on Lindsey Halligan, a former property lawyer from Fort Lauderdale, who is named twice in the order as the only individual specifically charged with co-piloting the initiative alongside Vance. Halligan, a former Trump legal team member involved in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case and a defamation lawsuit against CNN, has a background in property law and little public record on cultural or historical matters.

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The National Park Service announced it will reinstall a statue of Confederate General Albert Pike in Washington, D.C., after it was toppled and burned by protesters during the 2020 Black Lives Matter demonstrations. The agency shared an image of the bronze work being cleaned of corrosion and graffiti, citing federal historic preservation law and recent executive orders to restore pre-existing statues in the nation's capital. The statue is expected to return to public view in October, with site preparation beginning soon to repair its damaged masonry plinth.

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