Trump’s next agency cuts include US-backed global media, library and museum grants
SUMMARY
President Trump’s rolling out the axe again, signing a late Friday executive order to gut a batch of federal agencies he calls “unnecessary.” The hit list includes the U.S. Agency for Global Media—think Voice of America and Radio Free Asia—and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which funds libraries and museums nationwide. It’s part of his and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) push to shrink the feds, following weeks of layoffs and funding freezes. The order demands these outfits ditch all but the bare-bones legally required operations, with a seven-day deadline to report back to budget chief Russ Vought. Trump’s also targeting the Minority Business Development Agency and others, doubling down on his anti-DEI stance. Critics like EveryLibrary say the library cuts mess with a congressional mandate, but Trump’s team isn’t blinking—look at how they’ve already sidelined agencies like the Inter-American Foundation.
