Carla Hayden, photographed at the Library of Congress in March 2019, was removed as Librarian of Congress by President Donald Trump on May 8. (Shannon Finney/Getty Images) The nation’s first African ...

At a time when its leadership is in question and its mission challenged, the Library of Congress has named a new U.S. poet ...

U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, a Maryland Democrat, is urging President Donald Trump to reinstate former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden — five days after Trump abruptly fired the longtime Baltimore ...

The dismissal of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has triggered a group of Democratic lawmakers to request an investigation of potential improper communication between the Library of Congress and ...

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 ...

FILE - Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden arrives on the red carpet for the 2024 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song honoring Elton John and Bernie Taupin at DAR Constitution Hall ...

Carla Hayden, the 14th librarian of Congress, who was removed from her position by the White House on May 8, spoke with CBS journalist Robert Costa on the network’s June 8 Sunday Morning broadcast.

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 ...

In 1946, an award-winning author wrote one of the first children’s books about racism. The main character was a young African American girl, a Girl Scout Brownie with pigtails. Carla Hayden, a ...