Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch III announced plans to retire at the end of the year as the Trump Administration continues ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Lonnie G. Bunch, III, the Smithsonian Secretary, who announced he is retiring after 38 years of service with the institution. He will step down at the end of the year.

Trump will surely want to install a loyalist, which means — as the Washington Post’s art and architecture critic Philip ...

Lonnie G. Bunch III, the Smithsonian's first Black secretary, said President Donald Trump's pressure played no role in his ...

The resignation of Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch marks an about-face by President Donald Trump, who once raved about the ...

Lonnie G Bunch III co-founded the museum and led it until becoming the Smithsonian’s first Black secretary in 2019 ...

The US institution is under pressure from the Trump administration to change how it portrays the country's history.

By Donna Bryson and Bianca Flowers The secretary of the Smithsonian Institution announced he was retiring on Tuesday after ...

Under Lonnie G. Bunch III’s leadership, President Trump accused the Smithsonian of liberal, anti-American bias. Supporters ...

The 73-year-old historian said Tuesday his decision to step down was not tied to the various pressures stemming from the ...

Bunch has spent the last few months defending the Smithsonian against attacks from President Trump. In a statement, Bunch ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lonnie Bunch is stepping down from the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution following a tumultuous year in which President Donald Trump tried to remake the portrayal of U.S.