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.

Object Details maker Library of Congress Description The late 1960s were a time of rapid change in processes for cataloging and circulating books at the U.S. Library of Congress. Computers were ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not really about the books. President Donald Trump’s abrupt firing of top officials at the Library of Congress and equally sudden attempt to appoint a slate of ...

Attorneys for Shira Perlmutter said Judge Kelly’s rejection of her request for a preliminary injunction failed to address the ...

Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden speaks at the media preview of the "Collecting Memories" exhibition at The Library of Congress on June 10, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Shannon Finney / Getty ...

On May 31, at Martin Luther King Jr. Library in Washington, D.C., a town hall meeting was held "to defend creative expression, access to all books, and the freedom to learn." ...

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.

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 ...

President Trump fired Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, via email late Thursday night, the latest in a string of actions the president has taken to shape American cultural institutions.

Library of Congress highlights ‘Beverly Hills Cop,’ ‘Ganja & Hess,’ ‘Uptown Saturday Night’,’ Zora Lathan Student Films,’ and ‘Compensation.’ ...

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 ...