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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael Kunzelman

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from dismantling library services agency

A federal judge agreed Thursday to temporarily block the Trump administration from taking any more steps to dismantle an agency that funds and promotes libraries across the U.S.

U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled that plaintiffs who sued to preserve the Institute of Museum and Library Services are likely to show that the administration doesn't have the legal authority to unilaterally shutter the agency, which Congress created.

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