JFK Presidential Library closes amid Trump federal worker culling
- The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation announced it would be "closed until further notice" due to an executive order from President Donald Trump regarding federal financial assistance.
- Five employees were laid off from the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, impacting the library's ability to remain open, according to local GBH News.
- The American Library Association stated that the pause on federal grant funding would negatively affect libraries and their communities.
- It is currently unclear when the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation will reopen, following the unexpected closure.
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Jack Schlossberg goes on foul-mouthed tirade against DOGE after JFK Library shuts down over cuts to taxpayer-funded staff
The Kennedy scion, 32, told the cost-cutting DOGE initiative to "eat s--t" after the Boston-based library shut its doors Tuesday because of staffing cuts it effectively blamed on President Trump's recent executive order overhauling the federal workforce.
The John F. Kennedy Library in Boston was forced to close due to federal employee layoffs.
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, was forced to close on Tuesday due to "the sudden layoff of federal employees," the institution said in a statement published by CNN.
‘Devastated’: Kennedy Library suddenly closes amid mass government firings
A flurry of mass firings at agencies across the federal government ushered in by President Donald Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency triggered the abrupt closure Tuesday of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.The Boston-based library began its first round of firings Thursday when...
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