Experts say emphasizing El-Sayed’s Muslim name is part of a longstanding effort to cast nonwhite candidates as outsiders.

With fewer competitive seats up for grabs, there is a ceiling on how large any “wave” election can realistically be.

The Smithsonian American Women's History Museum has been years in the making — and now, transphobia is threatening to derail the whole thing. A bill to approve construction of the museum failed to ...

Anthea Hartig, a historian who has led the museum since her appointment in 2018, responded by inviting the panel’s lawmakers to tour the facility with her.

As lawmakers clashed with a top Smithsonian official at a Tuesday hearing, they ping-ponged between small details — like items sold in the gift shop — and the loftiest American ideals. Republicans ...

A handful of House Republicans sounded the death knell on legislation to establish a Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum on Thursday over concerns that the content of the museum would ...