Political news for readers: March 25, 2025

Catch up quick with the politics-adjacent bookish news of the past few days.

• Staffers with US Rep. Mark Messmer's office — unsuccessfully — asked public library employees to call the police on constituents while the Indiana Republican held office hours at a library (Evansville Courier & Press).

• The chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities stepped down from her position “at the direction of President Trump,” according to the agency (The New York Times). 

• New compliance requirements for National Endowment for the Arts grants are anti-trans, so Electric Literature won't be applying for any of its funding (Electric Lit).