The Library of Congress is not a community lending library. By law, it stocks pretty much every copyrighted book published in the United States. And it doesn’t allow children to access its holdings.

President Trump’s firing of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden this week marked the arrival of the conservative culture wars to the world’s largest library ... norms and basic decency in ...

Hayden was fired for “putting inappropriate books in the library for children,” per ... Rather, it’s America’s basic tenet of being able to disagree. The conservative Right throws around ...

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 ...

The Library of Congress, a 225-year-old Washington institution, has never had a moment like this. A week ago, the Trump administration fired the longtime librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden.

President Donald Trump fired Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress, via email at 6:56 p.m. ET on May 8, 2025. Critics are condemning his decision, which came after Hayden's appearance earlier this ...

A stalemate at the Library of Congress continued Tuesday with no easy resolution in sight, as lawmakers considered how far to wade in. Citing “executive overreach,” House Minority Leader ...

Here are a few things President Donald Trump and his toadies seem not to know about the Library of Congress when justifying the firing of Carla Hayden (“Alsobrooks urges Trump to reinstate Carla ...

“There were quite concerning things that she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children,” Leavitt said, “and we don ...

The White House said President Donald Trump fired the first Black woman to run the Library of Congress over his concerns about her focus on diversity, equity and inclusion. Trump had longtime ...

Though the Library of Congress is part of the Legislative Branch, its director is appointed by the president, with Senate confirmation. On Monday, Trump reportedly selected Deputy Attorney General ...