President Donald Trump's recent actions have sparked debate over the Posse Comitatus Act, a law from 1878 that limits ...

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the discriminatory practices against Black voters that were prevalent in many states.

This summer, President Donald Trump has begun to chisel back Medicaid and food stamps. On a July day in 1965, President ...

A showdown is taking place in Washington, D.C., over President Donald Trump’s extraordinary takeover of the police department in the nation's capital.

Eight decades may seem like a long time for an overdue library book, but it’s nowhere near the record. Guinness World Records says the most overdue library book was returned to Sidney Sussex College, ...

President Donald Trump's recent actions have sparked debate over the Posse Comitatus Act, a law from 1878 that limits ...

The Library of Congress was partially designed as a research institution to suit the needs of members of Congress, and only Congress members can borrow items from the library and take them home.

Trump hasn’t made Supreme Court appointments yet this term. But his three first-term picks — Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh ...

The White House is ordering a review of the Smithsonian museums to align content with President Donald Trump's interpretation ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers have left Washington for the annual August recess, but a few weeks of relative quiet on the U.S.