From monumental mishaps (literally) to unusual voting laws, our nation’s capital has a strange history. Here are some ...

The library has six buildings in Washington that hold a print and online collection of nearly 26 million books, as well as more than 136 million other items, including manuscripts, maps, sheet ...

The Library of Congress on Wednesday pointed to an unspecified "coding error" that led to key parts of the U.S. Constitution being deleted from the Constitution Annotated website. Why it matters: The ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not really about the books. It’s a power struggle with potentially vast consequences. The Library of Congress not only stores the world’s largest collection of books ...

By Hope HamiltonNearly 62 years ago to the day, on August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people gathered close to the Lincoln ...

Sondheim, who died at 91 in 2021, left the library more than 5,000 items from his long career as a musical theater composer and lyricist, including sketches, scrapbooks and more from shows like ...

Chicano Movement/Moratorium 1965-1975. (Dr. Marta E. Sanchez / Library of Congress) Parts of the collection will be available to see only at the physical Library of Congress location in Washington.

The National Park Service will restore and reinstall the Albert Pike statue in Washington, D.C., sparking controversy over its historical significance.

About 214 years later, in February 2016, Dr. Hayden made history when President Obama nominated her as the 14th Librarian of Congress. On July 12, 2016, the Republican Senate confirmed Hayden by a ...

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.

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not really about the books. President Donald Trump’s abrupt firing of top officials at the Library of Congress and equally sudden attempt to appoint a slate of ...