Trump targets Smithsonian funding for programs with “improper ideology”

President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order targeting funding for programs at the Smithsonian Institution that contain what he characterizes as “divisive, race-centered ideology” in his latest broadside against a liberalism that has critiqued Western culture and values. The president said in the order that there has been a “concerted and widespread” effort over the past decade to…

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Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal on their record-breaking “Othello”

With stars like Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, maybe it’s no wonder “Othello” just became the highest-grossing Broadway play ever, pulling in $2.8 million in a single week. Washington said, “It’s the most excited I’ve been this century. Seriously. I haven’t been this excited about anything I’ve done as I am about this.” That’s saying…

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