Smithsonian National Museum of American History Director Anthea Hartig appeared stumped by a basic question on sex and gender from Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. During a House hearing on alleged “extreme political activism” on display at the Smithsonian, Mace asked Hartig, “Do you believe that men can become women?” Hartig hesitated before answering, “Ma’am, as the director of the museum, that’s not relevant in this case.” “It’s very...

Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner’s Republican challengers are seizing on the Virginia Democrat’s on-air exchange over his opposition to the SAVE Act after a TV anchor corrected him on his own state’s election laws. Warner argued the SAVE Act — part of conservatives’ election security push — could disenfranchise married women and others, while pointing to Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s opposition as evidence of bipartisan...