Donald Trump's administration says it's the most transparent in history. But it's taken even more drastic steps than his ...

President Trump has fired Archivist of the United States Colleen J. Shogan, the government official responsible for preserving and providing access to government records. Sergio Gor, director of ...

President Biden on Friday declared that he considers the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution "the law of the land," a surprising declaration that does not have any formal force of effect ...

Colleen J. Shogan was named archivist of the United States by President Joe Biden in 2022 and confirmed to her role in 2023, a year after the Archives referred its search for documents in Trump ...

A bizarre attack on the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence in Washington DC earlier this year was like “an emotional buzzsaw,” as she pushed for the perpetrators to get the ...

One week after President Trump fired the head of the National Archives and Records Administration, the second-in-command, the deputy archivist, has informed colleagues of his intent to retire ...

The national archivist can be removed from office by the president, who can choose a successor who is then confirmed by the ...

Archivist Says Equal Rights Amendment Can't Be Certified as Democrats Push Biden to Recognize It WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare joint statement, the archivist and deputy archivist of the United ...

To Katherine Wisser, an archivist who teaches at Simmons College in Boston, the National Archives was always more than a mere government agency. It was a standard bearer, embodying the strict code ...

President Trump dismissed Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan, a decision he previewed a month earlier before assuming office on Jan. 20. “At the direction of @realDonaldTrump the ...

In a rare joint statement, the archivist and deputy archivist of the United States said Tuesday that the 1970s-era Equal Rights Amendment cannot be certified without further action by Congress or ...

Barely three weeks into his second term, Trump fired the Archivist of the United States, Dr. Colleen Shogan, who previously had been the director of the David M. Rubenstein National Center for ...