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Trump Budget Seeks To End IMLS Funding, Faces Congressional Pushback
The budget requests $6 million to close the agency as library and museum groups, along with congressional appropriators, oppose the cut.
- President Donald Trump requested $6 million in his fiscal 2027 budget to shutter the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which serves as the primary federal funding source for libraries and museums nationwide.
- Congressional appropriators previously rejected similar elimination attempts, providing roughly $292 million for the agency this fiscal year in a spending package signed into law by Trump in February.
- The American Library Association and The American Alliance of Museums blasted the proposal as "misguided and out of step," while EveryLibrary founder John Chrastka warned it threatens infrastructure millions rely on daily.
- Earlier this month, the DOJ dropped its appeal in a case brought by 21 attorneys general, guaranteeing the agency continues issuing grants despite the administration's March 2025 executive order to shutter it.
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Trump’s budget would gut local libraries and museums. Congress is not on board.
President Donald Trump's budget for the coming fiscal year proposes to end federal funding for libraries. (Getty Images)WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is looking to eliminate funding in fiscal 2027 for the agency that serves as the primary federal funding source for libraries and museums nationwide. But congressional appropriators — who rebuffed similar efforts to gut the agency in fiscal 2026 — expressed little enthusiasm for the proposed …
Trump’s budget would gut local libraries and museums. Congress is not on board. • Maine Morning Star
President Donald Trump's budget for the coming fiscal year proposes to end federal funding for libraries. (Getty Images)WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is looking to eliminate funding in fiscal 2027 for the agency that serves as the primary federal funding source for libraries and museums nationwide. But congressional appropriators — who rebuffed similar efforts to gut the agency in fiscal 2026 — expressed little enthusiasm for the proposed …
Report: Trump’s Proposed Budget Threatens NC Library Programs, Including Shared Books List”
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