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Trump Is Trying to Take Control of Congress Through Its Library

Donald Trump’s administration is pushing to take over the Library of Congress, its latest effort to subsume the legislative branch.

The Indianapolis Star on MSN · 4d

Trump fires Librarian of Congress. What's in the Library of Congress?

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 week before a Congressional committee, where she faced questions about a costly library modernization project.

The Washington Post on MSN · 9h

In rare move, Congress pushes back on Trump over Library of Congress

Lawmakers are raising separation-of-powers concerns as the White House seeks to install a Justice Department official at the legislative-branch institution.

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As Library of Congress crisis deepens, lawmakers tread carefully

Trump’s bid to exert control over the Library of Congress is a focal point in a power struggle between the legislative and ...

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Senior Justice Department officials tapped by Trump to run Library of Congress are denied access

Two senior Justice Department officials appointed by President Donald Trump to run the Library of Congress were denied access ...

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Deputy attorney general who defended Trump in hush money trial is named acting librarian of Congress

President Donald Trump's onetime defense attorney has been appointed acting librarian of Congress. Deputy Attorney General ...

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Fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden in her own words

Ryan and her mother, Colleen, look on during a ceremony in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress inside the Thomas Jefferson Building on Sept. 14, 2016. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) ...

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Deputy attorney general who defended Trump in hush money trial named acting librarian of Congress

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 ...

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Maddow Blog | Trump’s decision to fire the librarian of Congress sparks an intensifying controversy

Trump appointees tried to get to work at the Library of Congress. Staff members at the library refused — and called the ...

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