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Federal officials are treating a fight over a D.C. golf course with the gravity of a national emergency, @ables_kelsey writes. She reports on the seven-hour court hearing that illustrated just how much Donald Trump wants to overhaul the site: theatlantic.com/culture/2026…
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I usually play the Blue course at East Potomac, but glad to get a round in at the mini golf course and photograph it for @TheAtlantic
Trump's plan to turn a DC park into a championship golf venue endangers even a mini golf course. It’s a microcosm of a microcosm: the most welcoming place in a park Congress designated in 1897 for the public.
I played a round for my latest @TheAtlantic ~
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Trump's plan to turn a DC park into a championship golf venue endangers even a mini golf course. It’s a microcosm of a microcosm: the most welcoming place in a park Congress designated in 1897 for the public.
I played a round for my latest @TheAtlantic ~
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Standing in the way of Donald Trump’s D.C.-renovation plans is the country’s oldest continually running mini-golf course, @ables_kelsey reports. She went and played a round: theatlantic.com/culture/2026…
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Read @ables_kelsey on a footnote that could change the way the Smithsonian interprets American history:
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New: The White House is conditioning $190 million for the Smithsonian on compliance with its executive order "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" through legally-binding footnotes in recent OMB apportionments.
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The new footnote revives a strategy the White House has used to intimidate the institution over the past year. In April, OMB went as far as to require the Smithsonian to comply with Trump's budget request, which has no force of law, over the appropriations bill Congress passed.
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Exclusive: The Trump administration is quietly trying to use an obscure funding power to threaten $190 million of the Smithsonian’s budget, @ables_kelsey reports: theatlantic.com/culture/2026…
NEWS: The White House is following through on plans to place signs outside the Smithsonian's American History Museum accusing it of partisan bias. They're prepping about a dozen signs, costing around $84,000, per DOI. More:
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"Donald Trump has not forgotten his midsummer promise to publicly shame the Smithsonian. The Trump administration is currently preparing temporary signs that will accuse the National Museum of American History of ideological bias...."
From @ables_kelsey:
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Exclusive: The Trump administration plans to follow through with threats to post signs outside of the National Museum of American History shaming the Smithsonian, @ables_kelsey reports: theatlantic.com/culture/2026…
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NEWS: The Atlantic's @ables_kelsey learned details about the Trump administration's plans to add signs in front of a Smithsonian museum. theatlantic.com/culture/2026…
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Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on museums in Washington, D.C., reveals that the president has a particular taste in art, @ables_kelsey writes. theatlantic.com/culture/2026…
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Lonnie Bunch had been weighing retirement for months as Donald Trump increased pressure on him, @ables_kelsey and @janaykingsberry write. They report on his message to Smithsonian staffers: theatlantic.com/culture/2026…
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Breaking: Lonnie Bunch, the head of the Smithsonian Institution, is stepping down, @ables_kelsey reports. His departure comes amid months of clashes with the White House. theatln.tc/JG1baBYN
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@ables_kelsey: "Bunch, known to be diplomatic and evenhanded, had largely staved off the White House’s encroachment over a tumultuous 18 months...."
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Lonnie Bunch is leaving the Smithsonian. @ables_kelsey has @TheAtlantic exclusive:
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kelsey ables retweeted
Breaking: Lonnie Bunch, the head of the Smithsonian Institution, is stepping down, @ables_kelsey reports. His departure comes amid months of clashes with the White House. theatlantic.com/culture/2026…
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The Smithsonian Institution’s committee hearings were meant only to widen Donald Trump’s attack on the museum "by enlisting Congress in his efforts to reshape public memory," @ables_kelsey argues. theatlantic.com/culture/2026…
