A majority of NEH employees received an email placing them on immediate leave. The news comes just days after many humanities councils across the country were told their grants would be terminated.
trump
Posted inNPR
Danish prime minister heads to Greenland as Trump seeks control of the territory
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced plans for her visit after U.S. Vice President JD Vance visited a U.S. air base in Greenland last week and accused Denmark of underinvesting in the territory.
Posted inNPR
Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave
The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
Posted inNPR
Appeals court rules Trump can fire board members of independent agencies
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that Trump can fire Democratic members of the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board after a lower court had them reinstated.
Posted inNPR
Trump signs order ending union bargaining rights for wide swaths of federal employees
President Trump’s new executive order ends collective bargaining for wide swaths of federal employees, as part of his broader campaign to reshape the government’s workforce. Unions are vowing to sue.
Posted inNPR
Kennedy Center lays off Social Impact employees
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., has dissolved its Social Impact division, which partnered with local organizations to bring in diverse artists and audiences.
Posted inNPR
Trump revokes classified access for Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and others
While mostly symbolic, the move to revoke security clearances for over a dozen former officials has been seen as a warning to President Trump’s adversaries.
Posted inNPR
How Trump’s firings could upend a 90-year-old Supreme Court ruling limiting his power
Already, lower courts have found President Trump’s removal of Democratic members of independent agencies to be unlawful. The Trump administration has appealed.
Posted inNPR
Federal agency responsible for library and museum funding gets a visit from DOGE
Keith E. Sonderling is the new acting head of The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the main source of federal funding for libraries and museums across the country. President Trump issued an executive order last week saying he aims to close the agency.
Posted inNPR
With Trump’s crackdown on DEI, some women fear a path to good-paying jobs will close
Some fear a setback for women and people of color after President Trump revoked a 1965 executive order that required federal contractors to identify and address barriers to employment.
