The president said he had fired the museum leader — setting up a standoff between the White House and the Smithsonian.

The standoff between President Trump and the Smithsonian Institution ends, for now, as National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet steps down.

Sajet has been the director of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., since 2013. She is the first woman to lead the gallery since its founding in 1962.

Kim Sajet is stepping down from her position as director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, even as the network of museums disputed President Donald Trump’s announcement he was ...

The director of the National Portrait Gallery has resigned from her post, according to a memo sent to Smithsonian employees and obtained by CNN. Kim Sajet’s departure from the gallery comes just ...

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Kim Sajet, the director of the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in Washington, DC, announced on Friday (13 June) that she is resigning after 12 years in the role.

National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet is resigning from her post two weeks after President Trump tried to fire her and accused her of being “highly partisan” and supportive of diversity ...

Kim Sajet, the longtime former Director of the National Portrait Gallery who is alleged to have backed left-wing policies, has finally ...

Kim Sajet, the director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, stepped down from her role Friday, two weeks after President Donald Trump said on social media that he had fired her. The ...

WASHINGTON — The director of the National Portrait Gallery, ... "This was not an easy decision, but I believe it is the right one," Director Kim Sajet's message to her colleagues reads.

WASHINGTON — The director of the National Portrait Gallery, the Smithsonian Museum in Chinatown known for its collection of official presidential portraits and depictions of pop culture and ...