President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order directing Vice President JD Vance - a member of the Smithsonian Board of Regents - to eliminate "improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology" from Smithsonian museums, education and research centers and the National Zoo, the White House said.

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The order also directs the interior secretary to restore federal monuments and statues that have been removed or changed in the past few years “to perpetuate a false revision of history or improperly minimize or disparage certain historical figures or events.”
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