The decision by President Donald Trump to fire Carla Hayden, the librarian of Congress, a scant year before her 10-year term ...

President Donald Trump fired Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress, via email at 6:56 p.m. ET on May 8, 2025. Critics are ...

The end of Spofford’s tenure saw the opening of the main location on November 1, 1897, the Library of Congress Building—rechristened the Thomas Jefferson Building in 1980—with its ornate ...

Revisiting our 2023 conversation with Carla Hayden and tour of the Main Reading Room, following her unexpected removal by ...

As for the Library of congress, the James Madison Memorial Building and the John Adams Building are mainly used for scholarly research, but the Thomas Jefferson Building welcomes visitors Tuesday ...

The Capitol building also housed the Library of Congress, and its 3,000 volumes ... News of the destruction of the library reached Thomas Jefferson, whose presidency had ended five years before.