The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow him to fire a top official at the Library of Congress, ...

The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to uphold the president's removal of the Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter from her influential post earlier this year inside the ...

David Rubenstein explained the origin of the Library of Congress and its expansion over time. How did the idea for the Library of Congress come about? Explain how it was established as David ...

The Python Software Foundation has rejected a $1.5 million government grant in order to maintain its values and commitments ...

The Library of Congress holds more than 160 million items essential to understanding world history, from a 1507 map with the first mention of the name ‘America’ to oral histories of the COVID-19 ...

The federal government is officially entering a partial shutdown on Wednesday after the midnight funding deadline passed with Democrats and Republicans failing to agree on a funding bill. An earlier ...

Dueling proposals to extend government funding both failed for the third time in two weeks, as neither party could muster the bipartisan coalition needed to move forward. By Catie Edmondson Reporting ...

A notice calls the people the U.S. military recently killed on suspicion of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea “unlawful combatants.” By Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt Reporting from Washington ...

What's CODE SWITCH? It's the fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for. Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race with empathy and humor. We explore ...