On his first day back in the Oval Office, Donald Trump issued 51 executive orders, 12 memorandums and four proclamations, ...

At the Library of Congress, a team of scientists is working hard to make objects age as fast as possible. That may seem ...

A books-for-grain deal allowed India to get crucial food aid while US libraries built up a treasure trove of literature.

The Trump-Vance campaign unveiled new portraits of the president-elect and vice president elect on Thursday, just days before ...

After you've admired the Capitol, walk along East Capitol Street to the Library of Congress. Comprising three buildings and housing more than 164 million books, manuscripts, sound recordings ...

Library of Congress Share Farm machinery and opera ... Yet perhaps the most famous piece of music that ever debuted in Chicago, 100 years ago Thursday, was first performed here and not New ...

Courtesy of the Library of Congress. He was uncertain about so many ... From the May 18, 1916 edition of the Chicago Daily News, a satirical portrayal of President Woodrow Wilson getting tough ...

1873: Chicago Public Library opened its doors at the southeast corner of LaSalle and Adams streets in a circular water tank that survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. A large donation of books ...