How conflict in the Crimea, married with rapid development via the march of modernity, led to the launch of this paper in ...

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 ...

Indeed, because the Library exercises such executive powers, the Librarian of Congress has to be an executive officer rather than a legislative one. See, e.g., Buckley v.

It’s called the Library of Congress. But Trump claims it’s his. The case is the latest example of efforts by the Trump administration to erase the traditional lines that separate the branches ...

As TPM has reported, Democrats in the House have already taken some action to raise the alarm after President Trump abruptly fired the Librarian of Congress and then, days later, the head of the U ...

It exists to preserve books, film, audio, etc. produced throughout history. It provides research to Congress, runs the patent office, and provides other valuable services.

The second-ever Librarian of Congress, Patrick Magruder, was on vacation, and his second-in-command, Assistant Librarian J. T. Frost, was responsible for looking after the library.

The Library of Congress, a 225-year-old Washington institution, has never had a moment like this. Here’s more about the library and the mystery of who’s in charge now.

The Library of Congress is not a community lending library. By law, it stocks pretty much every copyrighted book published in the United States. And it doesn’t allow children to access its holdings.

Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., and other Democrats the article spoke with said they didn’t believe Library of Congress employees were subject to the executive branch’s jurisdiction. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York says answering a reporter question at a semiweekly news conference that the Library of Congress was not the library of the executive branch, so ...

A stalemate at the Library of Congress continued Tuesday with no easy resolution in sight, as lawmakers considered how far to wade in. Citing “executive overreach,” House Minority Leader ...