Chair of National Endowment for the Humanities Departs at Trump’s ‘Direction’
The chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Shelly Lowe, has left her position “at the direction of President Trump”.Agency chairs are appointed for four-year terms. However, the New York Times reported that Michael McDonald, the NEH’s general counsel, was named the agency’s acting chairman on March 12. “I can confirm that, at the direction of President Trump, Shelly Lowe has departed her position as chair of N.E.H.,” a spokesman for the agency, Pa
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