Trump’s budget would gut local libraries and museums. Congress is not on board.

Photo: Rose Main Reading Room at New York Public Library – Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. Photo credit: Ran Ding via Unsplash. Article by Shauneen Miranda. Missouri Independent – April 24, 2026.

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 cut […]

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