The Trump White House has a new target in its campaign to expand executive power: the Library of Congress. Never mind the name — administration lawyers are now arguing that the main research library ...

Alondra Nelson, while serving as Director of Science and Technology Policy for the White House, attends a meeting of G7 science ministers on June 13, 2022, in Frankfurt, Germany. Alondra Nelson, while ...

Carla Hayden, the 14th librarian of Congress, who has held the position since 2016, received an unexpected email on May 8, 2025. “Carla, on behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform ...

Dr. Carla D. Hayden was the first African American and the first woman to serve as the head of the Library of Congress. Her firing drew a furious response from Democrats. By Tim Balk The Trump ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Thursday as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The former Librarian of Congress abruptly fired by President Donald Trump has found a new position with the country’s largest philanthropic supporter of the arts. The Andrew W. Mellon ...

Two senior Justice Department officials appointed by President Donald Trump to run the Library of Congress were denied access on Monday, according to a person familiar with the interaction. Paul ...

Uncertainty gripped the Library of Congress on Monday as the White House moved to assert more control over the legislative branch agency, naming Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as its acting head ...

Todd Blanche, the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, has been appointed as the acting Librarian of Congress by President Trump, according to a spokesperson at the Department of Justice. The ...

The eight-time Tony-winning composer’s sheet music and notes will be available to the public starting July 1. Mark Horowitz, a senior music specialist at the library, was instrumental in persuading ...