Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeThe bipartisan commission planning national celebrations for the 250th anniversary of the U.S. has reportedly fired its executive director, a 25-year-old former Fox News producer chosen for the post by the White House. He said he was suspended, asked to resign, then fired shortly after posting about Kirk. The post in question — which features a photo of Kirk and the caption “America is in mourning. A White House official helping lead the sweeping audit accused the institution’s Washington museums of putting too much focus on slavery.