{
  "id": 6298937,
  "title": "Lonnie Bunch Says He Will Resign As Secretary Of The Smithsonian Amid Trump Administration Attacks And Pressure On Institution",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/lonnie-bunch-says-he-will-resign-as-secretary-of-the-smithsonian-amid",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-08T16:35:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/lonnie-bunch-resigns-smithsonian-trump-1237070976/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Lonnie Bunch, who has led the Smithsonian as its secretary for the past seven years, said that he will step down at the end of the year. His departure comes amid repeated criticism from the Trump administration over how the institution depicts and descrives historical events and figures. In an interview with The New York […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The New York Times",
        "title": "Smithsonian’s Secretary to Resign as Trump Tries to Rule the Institution",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/smithsonians-secretary-to-resign-as-trump-tries-to-rule-the",
        "published": "2026-09-08T16:00:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Smithsonian Institution secretary to retire amid Trump attacks on museum independence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/smithsonian-institution-secretary-to-retire-amid-trump-attacks-on",
        "published": "2026-09-08T17:44:49.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}