The Department of Government Efficiency and Trump administration officials must stop dismantling the Institute for Museum and Library Services, a US agency dedicated to funding libraries, a D.C. federal court ruled.

Plaintiffs American Library Association and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees AFL-CIO convinced the US District Court for the District of Columbia to a issue a “narrow” temporary restraining order in their suit.

“The wholesale termination of grants and services and the mass layoffs appear to violate the clear statutory mandates” in the Museum and Library Services Act, Judge Richard J. Leon said in a Thursday order. ...