It includes the Thomas Jefferson Building, built in 1897; the John Adams building, built in 1938; and the James Madison Memorial Building, built in 1981. Library of Congress hours are: Monday: Closed.

The Thomas Jefferson Building (1897) is the original separate Library of Congress building. (The Library began in 1800 inside the U.S. Capitol.) The John Adams Building was built in 1938, ...

President Trump on Monday named the No. 2 official at the Justice Department and his former personal lawyer to serve as the acting librarian of Congress, initiating a shake-up at the main research ...

The Capitol building also housed the Library of Congress, and its 3,000 volumes of highly combustible material could not be moved so quickly. The volumes were ignited by British troops.

Carla Hayden, librarian of Congress, was dismissed by the Trump administration on Thursday. No reason has been given. Appointed in 2016 by Barack Obama, she was the first woman and first ...