Smithsonian chief Lonnie Bunch III to retire amid Trump administration pressure on institution - US politics live

Bunch told the New York Times it was not Trump pressure on the organization that had led to his departure but acknowledged ‘stress’ of the roleSmithsonian chief to retire amid Trump attacks on museum independenceSign up for US Breaking News emailsFurther down the ballot in New Hampshire, the Democratic primary for Chris Pappas’s House seat has drawn eight candidates, with Stefany Shaheen – daughter of the outgoing senator – and Maura Sullivan, a former Obama administration official, leading the field.The district, long purple, has been reliably blue since 2017. Republicans now see it as flippable, and Donald Trump has endorsed