Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. Elsewhere in Washington, the administration now plans to put its stamp on eight of the Smithsonian Institution’s museums, including American history, African American history, air and space, and the National Museum of the American Indian. The criticism by many, if not most, historians is that this risks distorting the reality of America’s founding, which includes the reality that the genius of the Founding Fathers’ creation was scarred by the reality that they were all white, male and largely property owners — including many slave owners.
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Published at: 2025-08-13 21:47:58
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