President Donald Trump got a significant amount of blame during the last partial government shutdown, which took place toward the end of his first term after he forced a shutdown over border wall funding — but with Democrats embracing the shutdown fight this time, the outcome could be different.

The Library of Congress has named Arthur Sze the new U.S. poet laureate.

Literacy rates are dropping across the U.S., affecting Americans of all ages.

Manuscripts, music and lyric drafts, recordings, notebooks and scrapbooks from Stephen Sondheim have been donated to the Library of Congress.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson received more than $2 million last year for her best-selling memoir, “Lovely One,” according to her annual financial disclosure.

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 replacements has morphed into an enormous fight over the separation of powers.

The Library of Congress, a 225-year-old Washington institution, has never had a moment like this.

The Trump administration has fired the nation’s top copyright official, Shira Perlmutter.

Albums from Elton John, Tracy Chapman, Mary J.

The Quadrantid meteor shower will be the year’s first chance to see fireballs in the sky.

Nobody puts baby in a corner, but they’re putting her in the National Film Registry.

The papers of composer and songwriter Burt Bacharach are being donated to the Library of Congress.

Attorneys for the two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre say they will petition the Oklahoma Supreme Court for a rehearing in their reparations case.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit of the last two survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre who were seeking reparations.

The Library of Congress is unveiling an eclectic new exhibit drawing on the institution’s vast historical archives and designed to make the Library a more popular and accessible destination for visitors and tourists.

Albums from ABBA, Blondie and the Notorious B.

Women’s History Month is officially underway, and it’s time to take a look back on the pioneers and important events in women’s history.

They’re all kinda sort of the same, but there is a special place in our hearts for romantic comedies.

They’re all kinda sort of the same, but there is a special place in our hearts for romantic comedies.

They’re all kinda sort of the same, but there is a special place in our hearts for romantic comedies.

The songwriters who gave us “Your Song,” “Tiny Dancer” and “Rocket Man” will add to their stuffed awards shelf later this year when Elton John and Bernie Taupin are awarded the Gershwin Prize.

Houston, we have a problem: Where's Kevin.

Jill Biden is urging women to talk to their doctors about getting mammograms or other cancer screenings during October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

An Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dashing an effort to obtain some measure of legal justice by survivors of the deadly racist rampage.

A massive selection of papers that belonged to liberal Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is opening to researchers at the Library of Congress.

Tuesday marks the 100th anniversary of the original Yankee Stadium.

An album from Madonna, a carol from Mariah Carey and music from “Super Mario Bros.”.

“Surely You Can’t Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!”.

A man who caused evacuations and an hourslong standoff with police on Capitol Hill when he claimed he had a bomb in his pickup truck outside the Library of Congress has pleaded guilty to a charge of threatening to use an explosive.

They'll have what she's having.

The Supreme Court doesn’t appear to have found the person who leaked a draft of the court’s major abortion decision last spring.

On Tuesday, the Library of Congress announced that 46-year-old Ada Limón had been named the 24th U.S. poet laureate, officially called the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry.

This year’s inductees into the National Film Registry include an epic Star Wars and Lord of the Ring films, projects starring Jennifer Lopez and the late Cicely Tyson along with films that took on racially motivated violence against people of color.

This image released by the Library of Congress shows Heath Ledger, left, and Christian Bale in a scene from the 2008 film "The Dark Knight." The film was added to the National Film Registry. (Warner Bros.-Library of Congress via AP)LOS ANGELES – This year's inductees into the National Film Registry include a record number of female directors and filmmakers of color as well as a new crop of movies ranging from a silent short film thriller, classic musicals and an acclaimed Batman film. The national library said this year’s selections include a record nine films directed by women and filmmakers of color. Christopher Nolan’s 2008 Batman film “The Dark Knight” was a blockbuster and the top public vote-getter.

Poor ventilation in school buildings across the U.S. will limit the ability of in-person instruction to resume safely. As a new school year approaches amid the coronavirus pandemic, she and her colleagues are threatening not to return unless it's repaired. Nationwide, an estimated 41% of school districts need to update or replace their heating, ventilation and cooling systems in at least half their schools, according to a federal report issued in June. Stephen Murley, the school superintendent in Green Bay, Wisconsin, said most of his district's 42 campuses have older air systems. Brian Toth, superintendent of the Saint Marys Area School District in northern Pennsylvania, said his districts five schools air systems have no exit vents to circulate fresh air in and the virus out.

This image provided by the Library of Congress, shows the athletics field at the 1904 Olympic games in St. Louis. The St. Louis Games were the first at which gold medals were awarded to winners, and they remain the only medals made entirely of gold. The first Olympic Games in the New World would produce a profound and permanent result," author and historian Carl Posy wrote years later, shaping every Olympic Games to come." GO FOR GOLDThe St. Louis Games were the first at which gold medals were awarded to winners, and they remain the only medals made entirely of gold. The outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War and the challenge in getting to St. Louis prevented many of the best European athletes from competing.

This image provided by the Library of Congress, shows Thomas Hicks competing in the marathon at the 1904 Olympic games in St. Louis. The marathon may be the single most memorable event from the 1904 Games. This story was transmitted from the 1904 Olympics on the day of the marathon. Note that Fred Lorz, who would later win the 1905 Boston Marathon, is identified in this report as Fred Lorg. Samuel Mellor was first at the halfway point, Newton second, Hicks third, and running easily.

This month, it'll be 50 years since Apollo 11 took the first humans (both Americans) to the moon. The District of Columbia will celebrate the nation's pride by projecting a 363-foot Saturn V rocket onto the face of the Washington Monument. The virtual rocket will appear on July 16, the anniversary of Apollo 11's 1969 launch. For two hours each night, the iconic rocket will grace the sides of the national treasure. From July 18 through 20, people can attend the Apollo 50 Festival for exhibits, activities and speakers from NASA.