📚Trump Targets Library Funding: When Washington Cuts Your Local Resources
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Trump administration moved to eliminate Institute of Museum and Library Services in March 2025, the main federal funding source for libraries nationwide. Courts blocked the cuts on constitutional grounds, ruling Congress controls spending authority.
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Which federal law established IMLS as the primary source of federal library funding?
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After Trump's order, IMLS staff were placed on what type of leave?
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What percentage of California's IMLS grant was terminated under Trump's order?
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Which constitutional principle did the federal court cite when blocking Trump's IMLS order?
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What happened to South Dakota's interlibrary loan program after the IMLS funding freeze?
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What administrative law did the court say Trump's IMLS order violated?
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Which state program suffered immediate cuts when Mississippi libraries lost federal funds?
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The court ruling on IMLS demonstrates which constitutional principle?
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How many state attorneys general sued Trump to stop the IMLS dismantling?
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Which federal judge issued the preliminary injunction blocking Trump's IMLS elimination order?
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Who did Trump install as the new acting director of IMLS?
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In what year was IMLS established by Congress?
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Approximately how many employees worked at IMLS before Trump's elimination order?
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IMLS represents less than 0.01% of the total federal budget.
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The American Library Association filed a separate lawsuit challenging Trump's library funding cuts.
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Trump cited "reducing taxpayer burdens" as justification for eliminating IMLS.
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