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

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.

Kim Sajet, the director of the National Portrait Gallery whom President Trump announced he was firing last month, is stepping down, explaining in a statement on Friday that she thought her ...

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

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 ...

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. Her decision comes two weeks after ...

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.

President Trump got his way Friday, just not on his terms. Two weeks after Trump said he fired the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery director, Kim Sajet, she stepped down of her own accord.

Kim Sajet stepped down from the National Portrait Gallery after Trump failed to axe her. Shannon Finney/Getty Images The president announced two weeks ago that he was firing Sajet, whom he called ...

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, equity ...

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