A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert Smalls’ statue should be staring down a notorious white supremacist.

Herbert Hoover signed the retaliatory Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, and it only made the Great Depression worse. | Opinion ...

President-elect Donald Trump has raised more than $170 million for his upcoming inauguration, a record amount as tech ...

You can skip your trip to the mailbox and your check-in on the stock market on Thursday: Various services nationwide will be ...

A 182-year-old old courthouse in Ellicott City made of local granite is being turned into an arts, cultural and history ...

Learn more about the history of Law Day and past themes here. To kick off the celebration of Law Day, the Law Library of Congress and the American Bar Association are excited to bring you a ...

At the Library of Congress, a team of scientists is working hard to make objects age as fast as possible. That may seem ...

The Library of Congress will host Dav Pilkey, the No. 1 worldwide bestselling author and acclaimed illustrator of the global phenomenon “Dog Man” ...

The opening day of the new Congress was marred by intra-party fratricide, with the Speaker of the House being elected after ...

A national day of mourning is a day to honor and pay respects to a revered public figure who has died. Here's what else to ...

But as Washington gears up for Donald Trump’s encore inauguration on Jan. 20, the vibe around town has been far less twitchy ...