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How Trump’s Culture War Derailed a New Smithsonian Museum
President Trump's administration pressured Congress to add amendments to the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Act, including giving Trump final authority over the museum's location and prohibiting transgender women from being featured. The amended bill failed to pass in the House with a vote of 216-210, with six Republicans opposing it, leaving the museum project in legislative limbo.
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