The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum abruptly closed indefinitely on Tuesday afternoon, following an executive order that triggered a new round of federal layoffs. But the library reopened Wednesday morning — without reinstating fired workers.

The temporary closure of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum due to the White House’s initiative to eliminate waste from the federal bureaucracy left critics fuming. The Boston, Massachusetts-based library briefly shuttered on Tuesday afternoon after five employees who had worked ticket sales at the front desk were laid off in response to