Scott MacFarlane is CBS News' Justice correspondent. He has covered Washington for two decades, earning 20 Emmy and Edward R. Murrow awards. His reporting has resulted directly in the passage of five ...

Concerts from the Library of Congress will launch an exciting, yearlong America 250 celebration this January, presenting a ...

With archives hosting about 180 million works, the world’s largest library is drawing interest from AI startups looking to train their large language models on content that won’t get them sued. Black ...

The Library of Congress, a 225-year-old Washington institution, has never had a moment like this. A week ago, the Trump administration fired the longtime librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden. The man ...

What is the process like for deciding whether or not something should make it into the Library of Congress? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to ...

In Memorial Hall in the James Madison Building of the Library of Congress, eight quotes of Madison’s are carved into the wall and painted in gold leaf. Like so much of our forebears’ wisdom, his words ...

From the outside, this building looks all business—stately and severe and law-abiding. Don’t get me wrong, the Library of Congress is all about the business of books. (And everyone’s first question ...

Who is in charge of the Library of Congress: Congress or the president? Until recently, the settled answer in Washington was that the world’s largest library was, as its name states, a legislative ...