Lawmakers are raising separation of powers concerns as the White House seeks to install a Justice Department official at the legislative branch institution

Carla Hayden, the first African American and woman to lead the Library of Congress, was dismissed without explanation.

President Donald Trump fired the Librarian of Congress, CarlaHayden, because she wasn't serving the interests of the American people, the White House said on Friday. "There were quite concerning things that she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children,