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Smithsonian in the Crosshairs: How a White House Report Reopened the Politics of National Memory
A White House report accuses the Smithsonian of erasing American heritage. The complaint lands in a summer already marked by French museum heists — and a much wider argument about who owns national memory.

Desk note: The wire on this story remains thin — the ARTNEWS morning-links entry is the only English-language reference currently available. Monexus is treating the report as a significant institutional signal but is holding back on characterisation of any specific exhibition or curator until the full document is on the public record. Readers following this story should expect a more granular account once the underlying report text is published.
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