📚Trump Targets Library Cash: When Books Become Political
Civil Rights
Public Policy
President Trump moved to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the main federal funding source for libraries nationwide. Trump targeted IMLS, the federal agency charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries and library, museum, and archives program grant recipients.
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What federal agency provides the main funding for U.S. libraries?
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When was IMLS established by Congress?
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What constitutional principle did the judge say Trump's order violated?
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Which libraries benefit most from IMLS's Grants to States program?
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What was Sonderling's stated goal for IMLS under Trump?
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How many federal agencies did Trump target for elimination in his March executive order?
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What type of federal spending power challenge was this?
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What other federal cultural agencies were Trump targeting alongside IMLS?
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Which Rhode Island official called the court injunction a "win for the public interest"?
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What question did EveryLibrary raise about political scrutiny of libraries?
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What executive order did Trump use to target IMLS for elimination?
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Who was appointed as acting IMLS director to implement the cuts?
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What Supreme Court case established that library access is fundamental to free speech?
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What program provides federal funding directly to state library agencies?
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What constitutional principle requires that federal money be spent only as Congress directs?
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A federal judge blocked Trump's attempt to eliminate IMLS.
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Trump previously tried to defund IMLS during his first term.
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EveryLibrary is a federal government agency that advocates for libraries.
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IMLS employees were offered voluntary retirement packages before potential layoffs.
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