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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 · 11h

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 ...

The Baltimore Sun4d

Trump’s firing of Hayden brings culture wars to the Library of Congress

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 ...

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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 ...

US Deputy Attorney General Tapped to Serve as Acting Librarian of Congress

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has been appointed to serve as the acting librarian of Congress, a U.S. Justice Department spokesman confirmed on Monday, after President Donald Trump recently ...

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