The Library of Congress has an annual budget of about US$900 million, with a staff of 3,263. In 2024, the library’s staff ...

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.

Dr. Carla Hayden, the former Librarian of Congress, is breaking her silence about her unceremonious firing by the Trump administration after serving on the job for nearly a decade.

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden arrives at the presentation of the Gershwin Prize, which honors a musician's lifetime contribution to popular music, hosted at DAR Constitution Hall in ...

Carla Hayden, a Baltimorean and former librarian of Congress fired by President Donald Trump last week, could relate. She was a Brownie when she read “Bright April” as an 8-year-old ...

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, here on June 26, 2024, has been instrumental in promoting accessibility and public engagement. (Kevin Richardson/Baltimore Sun/TNS) ...

Carla Hayden, who was fired as librarian of Congress on May, spent her childhood summers in Springfield at her grandparents. Hayden attended MacMurray College in Jacksonville before transferring to ...

FILE - Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden arrives at the presentation of the Gershwin Prize, to be awarded to Joni Mitchell at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington March 1, 2023.

Dr. Hayden’s ascension to the Library of Congress — a role she held with quiet audacity — was not just a professional victory. It was a cultural corrective.

Dr. Carla Hayden, the former Librarian of Congress, is breaking her silence about her unceremonious firing by the Trump administration after serving on the job for nearly a decade.