The Trump administration has fired the nation’s top copyright official, Shira Perlmutter.

The president named Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, as the acting librarian. But staff members refused access to two department officials he chose for key roles at Congress’s main research arm.

May 12 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump has selected three Justice Department lawyers to temporarily fill librarian roles in the Library of Congress.

The Trump administration has terminated Shira Perlmutter, the nation's top copyright official, shortly after dismissing Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. Perlmutter's office recently released a report examining AI's use of copyrighted materials, emphasizing the importance of human creativity in copyright protection. Democrats have criticized Perlmutter's firing as an unprecedented power grab.

President Donald Trump's onetime defense attorney has been appointed acting librarian of Congress.

NEW YORK (AP) — Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who represented Donald Trump during his 2024 criminal trial, has been appointed acting librarian of Congress, the Justice Department said Monday. Blanche replaces longtime librarian Carla Hayden, whom the White House fired last week amid criticism from some conservatives that she was advancing a “woke” agenda. […]