CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – AUGUST 20: Construction continues at the Barack Obama Presidential Center on August 20, 2025 in Chicago, ...

I took inspiration from the sculpture. I was there to speak on “The Role of Elected Representatives in an Age of Doubt.” The subject was hot — about as hot as the flames that once licked the tree. The ...

Arthur Sze, the national poet laureate appointed by the Library of Congress last month, visited Queens College, in Flushing, ...

Former President Barack Obama surprised elementary students at a Chicago Public Library branch, reading to them and joking ...

Dewey Decimal System Day today marks the birthday of librarian Melvil Dewey and celebrates the library classification system ...

Holiday parades (on land and sea), markets and concerts pack the weekend, along with Prohibition-themed parties and the ...

National Poet Laureate Arthur Sze will host a free public reading, “Words Bridging Worlds: On Poetry and Translation,” at ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from replacing a top official at the Library of Congress for now, deferring a decision on his emergency appeal until it resolves a pair of ...

When the president unexpectedly fired the librarian of Congress, a prominent legislator denounced the “open despotism which now rules at Washington.” The year was 1829, and as Andrew Jackson installed ...

WASHINGTON — House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has ordered Bill and Hillary Clinton to appear for depositions next month for the panel’s investigation into convicted sex offender ...

With the government shutdown in the rearview mirror, local museums and cultural institutions are once again offering public programming, much of it free, to grateful D.C. residents. Here are some ...