Tag: Trump
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Judge Halts Construction of Trump Ballroom, Maurizio Cattelan Wants You to Confess… to Him: Morning Links for April 1, 2026
To receiveMorning Linksin your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. The Headlines THE LAST DANCE. Yesterday, Judge Richard Leon halted construction of President Trump’s contentious White House ballroom, ruling that Congress must approve the major building project first, reports the New York Times. It is the first time a federal judge has put the brakes read more
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More UNESCO Sites Damaged in Isfahan and Lebanon, Democrats Probe Whereabouts of Millions Given to Fund Trump Library: Morning Links for March 11, 2026
To receiveMorning Linksin your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. The Headlines IRANIAN LANDMARKS HIT. More news of damage to historical sites in Iran is coming through as the war drags on in the region, reports The Art Newspaper. Following the UNESCO-listed Chehel Sotoun in Isfahan and the Golestan Palace in Tehran, other landmarks have read more
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Trump administration’s mixed messaging sparks wild swings in oil markets
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Chris Wright, the US energy secretary, on Tuesday afternoon declared a huge potential breakthrough for energy markets rattled by the Iran war. With the conflict raging, Wright wrote on X that the US read more
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Gulf insurance costs soar 12-fold despite Trump guarantee
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The cost of insuring a ship sailing through the Strait of Hormuz has soared 12-fold, even after Donald Trump vowed to backstop trade through the key oil chokepoint. Shipowners have been quoted millions read more
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In charts how Donald Trump became a military interventionist
Time and again, Donald Trump has crowed about the failures and humiliation of US presidents who got bogged down in foreign misadventures, from Joe Biden’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan to George W Bush’s ill-fated invasion of Iraq. On Iran, too, Trump has a long memory, musing in recent months about how Jimmy Carter’s 1980 read more
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Volunteer Group Documents Smithsonian Wall Text as Trump Administration Presses Cultural Review
A group of historians and volunteers has been documenting wall labels across the Smithsonian Institution as the Trump administration pushes for changes to how American history is presented in federal museums, according to The Washington Post. The effort, organized under the name Citizen Historians for the Smithsonian, began after administration officials called for reviews of read more
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The Supreme Court has delivered an overdue rebuke to Donald Trump on tariffs
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world When the time came for the US Supreme Court to stand up and be counted, six of the justices answered the call. Led by Chief Justice John Roberts, they ruled on Friday that read more
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US Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump Tariffs That Had a Tumultuous Effect on the Art Market
Last year was marked by the uncertainty and disruption of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, which caused tumult in the art market. Now, just over a year after Trump signed executive orders imposing tariffs on major US trading partners Canada, Mexico, and China, the Supreme Court ruled to to strike down most of them. In read more
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Representatives of Pride Flag’s Creator Sue Trump Administration
A pair of lawsuits filed in federal court yesterday, February 17, seek to challenge the Trump administration’s efforts to obscure United States history at national park sites, including the recent removal of a rainbow Pride flag from Stonewall National Monument. In Manhattan federal court, the foundation of Gilbert Baker, the late artist and creator of read more
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Six National Nonprofits Sue Trump Administration Over Erasing History and Science at National Parks
Six national nonprofit organizations devoted to the national parks, history, and science have sued the Trump administration over its censoring of signage it disapproves of in national parks across the U.S. The plaintiffs in the sixty-page suit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court of Masachusetts, include the National Parks Conservation Association; the American Association for read more
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Judge Orders Trump Administration to Reinstate Exhibits on Slavery
News The Philadelphia display was dismantled last month after federal directives to remove negative representations of US history on public sites. A panel describing the history of slavery at the President’s House site in Philadelphia (public domain via Save Our Signs) The Trump administration must restore exhibits examining the role of slavery in early United read more
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Trump Wants the National Portrait Gallery to Commission a New Portrait
Since George Washington, it has been customary for presidents to have an official portrait—usually an oil painting—unveiled shortly after they leave office. That was to be the case for President Donald Trump, who sat for a portrait by artist Ronald Sherr just after leaving office in 2021. There is just one complication: Trump now wants read more
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Trump Administration Removes Pride Flag from Stonewall Monument, Elected Officials Reinstated It on Their Own
Earlier this week, news broke that the Trump administration had quietly removed the Pride flag that once waved over the Stonewall National Monument in New York’s West Village. Several New York City and State elected officials condemned the flag’s removal, and many gathered to reinstate it on Thursday afternoon. Gay City News first reported on read more
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White House Floats Idea of Expanded Trump Display at Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery
In mid-December, on a tour of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Abby Jones, the acting chief of protocol at the State Department, floated the idea that the Smithsonian should create a dedicated gallery featuring multiple images of President Donald Trump, according to the New York Times.This, of course, would be in addition to his official read more
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How to Piss Off Trump
Daily Newsletter A mysterious public artwork on the National Mall, the Philadelphia Art Museum’s ongoing rebrand debacle, new Louvre heist footage, and Yoko Ono’s relentless positivity. Good morning. The latest in a series of mysterious monuments periodically erected on the National Mall has an unusual element: public participation. The installation is a 10-foot replica of read more
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Trump Targets New Deal-Era Art
Daily Newsletter The national myth of Grandma Moses, Lotty Rosenfeld’s radical linework, and how will art institutions evolve in 2026? No rest for the wicked, least of all Trump and his cronies. As the administration continues its attacks on culture, the president is targeting a building near the National Mall with several remarkable New Deal-era read more
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Nigeria: Trump Administration Revoked Over 100,000 Visas in 2025
The State Department, in a post on X, disclosed that during this period, the administration revoked around 8,000 student visas. In 2025, the US government revoked more than 100,000 visas, doubling the total number revoked in 2024 under the Joe Biden administration. This set a new record for the Donald Trump administration, which has embarked read more
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Zimbabwe Hit By Partial U.S. Travel Ban As Trump Expands Entry Restrictions
Zimbabweans travelling to the United States will face new restrictions after US President Donald Trump expanded a controversial travel ban adding more countries to a list of nations subject to tighter entry controls. The White House said the measures, which take effect on 1 January, are intended “to protect the security of the United States” read more
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Africa: Trump Expands U.S. Travel Ban to Include Tanzania, South Sudan, Nigeria and 17 African States
Nairobi — US President Donald Trump’s administration has imposed new entry restrictions on 24 nations, including Tanzania, South Sudan and Nigeria, due to security concerns. President Donald Trump announced restrictions on foreign nationals from 17 African countries, citing “demonstrated, persistent, and severe deficiencies in screening, vetting, and information-sharing” that threaten U.S. national security and public read more
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Africa: Trump Expands U.S. Travel Restrictions to 15 More Countries, Majority in Africa
Nairobi — President Donald Trump has expanded United States travel restrictions to cover an additional 15 countries, the majority of them in Africa, in a move that is set to further strain U.S.-Africa relations and disrupt travel, education and business links across the continent. Of the 15 newly added countries, 11 are in Africa: Angola, read more
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