The Library of Congress is not a community lending library. By law, it stocks pretty much every copyrighted book published in the United States. And it doesn’t allow children to access its holdings.

The Library of Congress is not a community lending library. By law, it stocks pretty much every copyrighted book published in the United States. And it doesn’t allow children to access its holdings.

The Library of Congress, with its stately buildings across from the U.S. Capitol, holds a vast collection of the nation's books and history, which it makes available to the public and lawmakers.

Members of Congress are proprietary about the library, a sentiment that has provoked bipartisan resistance after Mr. Trump summarily fired the popular chief librarian and tried to install one of ...

Two senior Justice Department officials appointed by President Donald Trump to run the Library of Congress were denied access on Monday, according to a person familiar with the interaction.

U.S President Donald Trump fired the Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, in part over her commitment to diversity, the White House said on Friday.