US EditionWhite House dismisses majority of National Council on the Humanities
The White House retained only four Trump appointees on the 26-member council amid efforts to align the board with presidential priorities, sources said.
- The White House fired many members of the National Council on the Humanities on Wednesday, as reported by The Washington Post.
- Mary Sprowls of the White House Personnel Office informed members that their positions were terminated, effective immediately, on behalf of Donald J. Trump.
- Four out of the 26 council members remain after the firings, including Russell Berman, Keegan Callanan, William English, and Matthew Rose, all appointed by Trump in 2019.
- Karen Stout expressed concern about the firings affecting future investments in the humanities, saying, 'I just fear that there will not be that kind of discourse anymore.
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The White House announced this week the dismissal of the majority of the members of the National Council of Humanities, an organization that advises the head of the National Fund for Humanities (NEH). Of the 26 members that made up the council, only four remain on the official list: Russell Berman, Keegan Callanan, William English and Matthew Rose, all of them named by Donald Trump.
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WASHINGTON >> The White House fired many members of the National Council on the Humanities on Wednesday, with the council’s website showing that only four appointees of President Donald Trump were retained.
White House Purges Nearly the Entire National Council on the Humanities
The White House on Wednesday fired nearly every member of the National Council on the Humanities, leaving the 26-member board with just four members appointed by President Donald Trump.“On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as a member of the National Council on the Humanities is terminated, effective immediately,” read an email sent to council members Wednesday morning, reviewed by The Washington …
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