and inform or reflect life in the United States.” The library also manages the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, which responds to tens of thousands of requests from Congress each year.

The irony of course is that unlike its predecessor in 1814, the 119th US Congress has done nothing to protect its own library. Carla Hayden, the first woman Librarian of Congress, was dismissed ...

“The National Recording Registry is our evolving nation’s playlist.” Each year America’s Library of Congress archives great works in all fields in order for them to be preserved foreve ...