The Library of Congress, a 225-year-old Washington institution, has never had a moment like this.

President Donald Trump’s abrupt firing of top officials at the Library of Congress and equally sudden attempt to appoint a ...

The surprise firing of the head of the Library of Congress and efforts to install Trump loyalists at the iconic institution ...

President Donald Trump fired Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress, via email at 6:56 p.m. ET on May 8, 2025. Critics are ...

Lawmakers are raising separation-of-powers concerns as the White House seeks to install a Justice Department official at the ...

The White House has moved to exert its influence, firing the top librarian and seeking to install members of the administration.

Donald Trump’s administration is attempting a hostile takeover of the Library of Congress — an agency that is part of the legislative branch and functions as its research arm in addition to ...

Revisiting our 2023 conversation with Carla Hayden and tour of the Main Reading Room, following her unexpected removal by ...