The case is the latest example of efforts by the Trump administration to erase the traditional lines that separate the branches of government.

The framers of the Constitution established our republic on the premise of limited government and divided power. Congress was ...

Stephen Sondheim ‘s vast catalogue of work has been acquired for preservation by the Library of Congress.

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not really about the books. It’s a power struggle with potentially vast consequences. The Library of Congress not only stores the world’s largest collection of books ...

Donald Trump's Library of Congress Fight Is Really About the Separation of Powers WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not really about the books. President Donald Trump’s abrupt firing of top officials ...

The firing is unusual as the Library of Congress rarely gets a new top librarian. Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2016, Hayden was the first African American and first woman to serve as the ...

In the last week, it has heard fiscal 2026 funding requests from the Capitol Police, the Architect of the Capitol, the Library of Congress and several other entities.

The Capitol building also housed the Library of Congress, and its 3,000 volumes of highly combustible material could not be moved so quickly. The volumes were ignited by British troops.

The administration has challenged Congress’s constitutional power of the purse, shrugged off court orders to limit Trump’s powers and unleashed the U.S. DOGE Service on offices outside the ...

The Library of Congress not only stores the world’s largest collection of books but also an office overseeing reams of copyrighted material of untold value. There is a research institute that ...