Her most recent role before taking the Librarian of Congress position was as CEO for the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Maryland. As of Friday morning, a welcome message from Hayden still ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday fired the head of the Library of Congress, Carla Hayden, the first woman and first African American to lead the world’s largest library.

The Library of Congress, a 225-year-old Washington institution, has never had a moment like this. Here’s more about the library and the mystery of who’s in charge now.

Hayden led the Library of Congress after being appointed by President Barack Obama in 2016. She was confirmed by the Senate in bipartisan fashion and served under Trump during his first ...

While Hayden, who's 72, is no longer at the Library of Congress, the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, which she led for over two decades, has the feel of home.

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.. At its core was the intersection ...

It is disputed what legality, if any, there is for Trump’s ongoing power grab at the Library of Congress. According to two sources familiar with the matter, even before the internal message was ...

Trump had longtime Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden dismissed via email late on May 8, drawing broad condemnation from her supporters in Congress. Hayden holds a PhD in library sciences and was ...

The Library of Congress has nearly 26 million cataloged books in 470 languages, nearly 78 million manuscripts, the largest rare book collection in North America and the world's largest collection ...