The Trump administration is slashing $15 million in DEI contracts. (Reuters/Getty)
Additionally, a DEI grant of $265,000 going to Queens College in New York to conduct a research project on why "BIPOC" teens read Japanese comic books will be cut along with $250,000 to fund the "Gay Ohio History Initiative" to erect 10 "LGBTQ+ historical markers" will be cut.
"In keeping with the vision of the President’s executive orders, we are taking action to end taxpayer funding for discriminatory DEI initiatives in our nation’s museums and libraries," Acting IMLS Director Keith Sonderling told Fox News Digital in a statement.
TRUMP LABOR DEPARTMENT SECURES EYE-POPPING SUM TO RETURN TO TAXPAYERS AMID DOGE PUSH
Elon Musk's Tesla showroom locations have faced repeated protests over his role in DOGE. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
A recent study by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences found that federal funds represent only 0.3% of the total operating revenue for public libraries. The vast majority of funding comes from state and local sources.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services was one of seven government agencies targeted in Trump's "Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy" executive order last month.
Trump's DOGE efforts have saved the American taxpayer $140 billion, according to its website, which represents almost $900 saved per taxpayer.
The Trump administration says it has slashed hundreds of millions of dollars in DEI contracts, including at least $100 million at the Department of Education.
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