Trump news at a glance: president fights ‘woke’ Smithsonian after claims it is too focused on ‘slavery’

Amid review of institution, a White House document argues Smithsonian has overly negative portrayal of American history. Key US politics stories from Wednesday 20 August

After Donald Trump on Tuesday lashed out at the Smithsonian Institution - a premier museum, education and research complex for US history and culture - over what he called an excessive focus on how bad Slavery was", the Guardian has revealed the shape his administration's targeting of seven flagship museums will take.

Trump suggested he would pressure the institution to accept his demands, just like he did with colleges and universities by threatening to cut federal funding. The White House said last week it would lead an internal review of some Smithsonian museums after Trump earlier this year accused it of spreading anti-American ideology".