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Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH
The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American ...Los Angeles Times - 23h -
The DOGE Axe Comes for Libraries and Museums
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has long received bipartisan support. But after years of trying, President Donald Trump has delivered it a crushing blow.Wired - 4d -
EXCLUSIVE MUSEUM TOUR WITH SERGIO BRIO: A JOURNEY THROUGH JUVENTUS HISTORY
A museum, a legend, and 20 lucky Juventus fans. This Friday, 4 April, the Juventus Museum hosted a truly special event: Exclusive Museum Tour with Sergio Brio — a guided visit led by one of the ...Yahoo Sports - 1d -
DOGE Demands Deep Cuts at Humanities Endowment
The National Endowment for the Humanities, which supports museums, scholarship and historical sites, could see grants curtailed and staffing slashed by up to 80 percent.The New York Times - 3d -
EPA chief closing environmental museum
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin said Monday that he is shutting down a museum in the EPA's headquarters in an effort to cut costs. “EPA will be saving American ...The Hill - 4d -
Federal agency workers supporting museums, libraries put on leave
Nearly all employees at the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which supports U.S. museums and libraries, were put on administrative leave Monday, an administration official said.CBS News - 4d -
A New Dinosaur Museum Rises From a Hole in the Ground in New Jersey
The museum hopes that after learning about the planet’s prehistoric past, people will do more to preserve Earth’s future.The New York Times - 5d -
How do you design a Museum of the Future? | Brendan McGetrick interview
Brendan McGetrick, the creative director of Museum of the Future, came to Austin, Texas, with a traveling exhibit for the first time recently.VentureBeat - 5d -
After 120 Years Stored in a Museum, an Indigenous Shrine Returns Home
Taken from a First Nation community in Canada, the shrine recently began a more than 3,000-mile journey back from the American Museum of Natural History in New York.The New York Times - 6d -
My top 10: the best of Milan’s Brera museum by FT art critic Jackie Wullschläger
A voyage through centuries of Italian art at the city’s most prestigious museum and its new offshootFinancial Times - 5d -
New images reveal extent of looting at Sudan’s national museum as rooms stripped of treasures
Only a few statues remain, with thousands of priceless artefacts from Nubian and Kushite kingdoms missing. Videos of Sudan’s national museum showing empty rooms, piles of rubble and broken ...The Guardian - 5d -
CFPB, the consumer watchdog agency, under fire by President Trump, DOGE | 60 Minutes
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a watchdog agency created to protect consumers, is under fire by President Trump and DOGE. Its new head ordered work to stop and funding to end.CBS News - 5d -
Federal Judge Orders Legal Funds for Solo Migrant Children to Be Restored
The order for the funds’ temporary restoration came after nonprofit groups challenged the government’s decision to cut funding for legal services for unaccompanied children arriving in the United ...The New York Times - 3d -
As Trump rewrites even America’s history, institutions have two choices – submit or find ways to resist | Charlotte Higgins
The Smithsonian’s museums have been ordered to root out ‘divisive narratives’. It’s part of a pattern: the battle lines are now clear. It has come to this: we are now in Ministry of Truth ...The Guardian - 5d -
Trump administration's appeal of a temporary restraining order preventing DOGE access to Social Security data is denied
The Trump administration's appeal of a temporary restraining order blocking DOGE access to personal Social Security data has been denied.CNBC - 3d -
Take two Van Goghs daily: the growing popularity of museum prescriptions
Research backs schemes that encourage doctors to prescribe time in cultural institutions to boost mental health and reduce loneliness. It was about six years ago that Nathalie Bondil heard of ...The Guardian - 5d -
Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with 'improper ideology'
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”ABC News - Mar. 27 -
DOGE checks? Elon Musk claims 'progress' has been made, but says it isn't his decision
Waiting for a stimulus check funded by the cuts DOGE says it's making? It could be a while.The Hill - 4d -
Yankees spoil sloppy Pirates’ opener as Pittsburgh fans beg, ‘Sell the team’
PITTSBURGH — The last time Oswaldo Cabrera and the Yankees visited the Steel City, he stopped by the Roberto Clemente Museum. The visit, taken in September 2023, included a chance to hold one of ...Yahoo Sports - 21h -
DOGE teams cut critical funding from America's libraries, officials say
State officials say they will lose funds for summer reading programs, book-mobiles, rural internet and more.CBS News - 20h -
DOGE teams cut critical funding from America's libraries, officials say
State officials say they will lose funds for summer reading programs, book-mobiles, rural internet and more.CBS News - 20h -
‘Chaos’: Trump cuts to Noaa disrupt staffing and weather forecasts
US climate agency upended as Doge efforts to slash federal government compromise email security. A sense of chaos has gripped the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), one of the ...The Guardian - 4d -
US utility plans to raise bills despite Trump’s vow to slash energy costs
Dominion proposes 14% price increase for consumers in 2026 amid growing electricity demand from AI data centresFinancial Times - 4d -
OpenAI funding round could be cut by $10B if for-profit conversion doesn't occur by year-end
OpenAI’s massive private funding round could be slashed by as much as $10 billion if the company doesn’t restructure into a for-profit entity by Dec.NBC News - 5d -
Global Fight League's inaugural back-to-back events official for May 24-25 in L.A.
The Global Fight League on Monday announced its first two events, paving the way for a two-day bonanza of fights featuring dozens of high-profile names less than two months from now. The GFL will ...Yahoo Sports - 5d -
VIP Records helped launch Snoop Dogg's career. Now the shop owner wants to build a museum
Owner Kelvin Anderson Sr. wants the project to tell the story of Black music — and the role that VIP records has played in shaping it.Los Angeles Times - Mar. 28 -
DOGE staffer who resigned over past social media posts reinstated with higher access: Filing
A Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer who resigned over racist posts that resurfaced on social media last month was reinstated to oversee the slashing of waste, fraud and abuse in ...The Hill - 4d -
Trump admin live updates: Admin 'covertly' froze FEMA funds, judge says
The administration's FEMA funding freeze violated a court order, a judge ruled.ABC News - 11h -
How one community is fighting rising syphilis infections
The Navajo Nation has a unique program to fight sexually transmitted infections, including syphilis.CBS News - 3d -
Pension Protection Fund vows to invest more in ‘juicy’ UK assets
Britain’s £32bn lifeboat scheme says it will invest in infrastructure and scale-up companies if allowed to growFinancial Times - 4d -
Indonesia’s new sovereign wealth fund vows transparency ‘like a public company’
Danantara has been dogged by questions over governance and political interferenceFinancial Times - 4d -
Why no one is challenging Trump's executive order that keeps TikTok running
President Donald Trump’s executive orders have spurred more than 130 lawsuits, but one related to TikTok barely generates a peepABC News - 3d -
Why no one is challenging Trump's executive order that keeps TikTok running
President Donald Trump’s executive orders have spurred more than 130 lawsuits, but one related to TikTok barely generates a peepABC News - 3d -
Trump targets Smithsonian funding for programs with "improper ideology"
President Trump signed an executive order targeting funding for Smithsonian Institution programs that he says contain "divisive, race-centered ideology."CBS News - Mar. 28 -
Democratic attorneys general join legal fight over Trump’s election order
Nineteen Democratic attorneys general sued Thursday over President Trump’s executive order that aims to strengthen proof of citizenship requirements in voting and prevent states from tabulating ...The Hill - 1d -
A Fungi Pioneer’s Lifelong Work on Exhibit
Mushrooms in 19th-century watercolors: The paintings of a self-taught female mycologist are featured at the New York State Museum.The New York Times - Mar. 25 -
'The White Lotus' girls' trip is a disaster—these 3 red flags mean yours might be, too
If your friend isn't as comfortable going to museums or eating meals by themselves as you are, you probably won't travel well together.CNBC - 6d
