Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The main reading room is seen at the Library of Congress on June 13, 2025, in Washington. Kevin Carter/Getty Images Carla Hayden, ...

The library honored Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, which has donated more than 300 million books to U.S. children under ...

The Library of Congress' National Book Festival is this Saturday, August 22, in Washington, D.C., and Ann Patchett is being honored. The Whistler author will be receiving the 2026 Library of Congress ...

On this day in history, April 24, 1800, President John Adams — the second president of the United States — approved the appropriation of $5,000 for the purchase of "such books as may be necessary for ...

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library literacy program was honored by the Library of Congress following news of her death.

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 loyalists as ...

The surprise firing of the head of the Library of Congress and efforts to install Trump loyalists at the iconic institution have stirred bipartisan pushback on Capitol Hill. By Maya C. Miller and Carl ...

It never occurred to Anaïs Mitchell, the Tony-winning composer of “Hadestown,” that the little show she birthed in Vermont 17 years ago would make it to Broadway, let alone into the annals of the ...

1 Full Cast Set For MAYBE HAPPY ENDING North American Tour 2 Cast Set For New Version of THE BODYGUARD on North American Tour Classic film lovers from across the country will join together for a ...

The past week has been witness to the rarest of rare Trump-era occurrences: Congress has been standing up for itself a little. It hasn’t happened over any of the numerous brazen abuses of the ...

This extensive essay explores the relationship of the Library of Congress with the Smithsonian Institution. The Library developed relationships with other national libraries over the years, but none ...