It takes a certain kind of warped sensibility to find the light side of cannibalism. But the late musical theater composer ...

The Library of Congress is the world’s largest library, and the national library of the United States. Its three buildings hold some 100 million items—including the papers of 23 US presidents ...

But “Collecting Memories: Treasures from the Library of Congress” is as much about understanding as accumulating. The show puts each of its 127 physical objects in an enlightening context.

It got going big-time in 1815, when former President Thomas Jefferson sold his 6,500-volume library to Congress to replace the one that was destroyed when the British burned the Capitol on Aug. 24 ...

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An unidentified “adversary” hacked into the email system for the Library of Congress, accessing information sent via email between January and September 2024, the Library said.

The Library of Congress, a 225-year-old Washington institution, has never had a moment like this. A week ago, the Trump administration fired the longtime librarian of Congress , Carla Hayden.

Can we expect James Madison on the next Lizzo track? Probably not, but the singer did borrow the Founding Father’s 200-year-old flute for a performance at the Capital One Arena on Tuesday. The ...

From Saturday's Washington Post story; the subhead is, [Title:] It's Called the Library of Congress. But Trump Claims It's His… ...