Hayden was fired for “putting inappropriate books in the library for children,” per the White House. She further states “(i)f the people who are protesting the firing don’t like our ...

This is disgraceful. The Library of Congress represents some of the best America has to offer. Equal access to learning for all." Hayden was nominated to her position by then-President Barack ...

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.

It has happened over control of the Library of Congress. If, like me, you are a connoisseur of the wonky minutiae of American constitutional governance, this little controversy has lots to offer you.

Now he’s meddling in their actual back yard. A White House push to seize control of the Library of Congress over the past week has run temporarily aground due to quiet but firm resistance from ...

WSJ explains. Photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFP WASHINGTON—The Library of Congress—long a sleepy, noncontroversial staple of the nation’s capital—has become the latest battleground in President ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) Tuesday joined Democrats in pushing back against President Donald Trump's effort to install his own leadership team at the Library of Congress ...

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 ...

Several major Broadway figures scheduled to participate in the Library of Congress’s upcoming StageStruck! VI: Women and the American Musical conference have withdrawn, drastically altering the ...

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Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The writer is director of the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, and author of ‘Burning the Books ...

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 of ...