Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration From Dismantling Library Services Agency

Trump ended funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services in a March 14 executive order.

People work at desks in the Rose Main Reading Room at the New York Public Library in New York City on Oct. 5, 2016. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

A federal judge has tentatively prohibited the Trump administration from ending an agency supporting libraries across the United States.

Richard Leon, a senior judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, ruled on May 1 that the administration could not terminate funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).