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.
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration From Dismantling Library Services Agency
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
Jackson Richman
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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).

Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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