The Trump-Vance campaign unveiled new portraits of the president-elect and vice president elect on Thursday, just days before their inaugurations.

At the Library of Congress, a team of scientists is working hard to make objects age as fast as possible. That may seem counter to the usual goals of a library, but the purpose is ultimately preservation: The institution’s accelerated-aging lab is studying ways to keep materials intact longer.

Sister JoAnn Persch and Sister Pat Murphy used to set up a sacred space in the McHenry County Jail library once a week for immigrant detainees. The men held there — who could connect with their families only by phone — would file into the room in orange jumpsuits and take a seat.

Plans remain fluid—but there is no doubt of a push for highly visible raids in Democratic cities in the first days of the new administration

José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez, civil rights activist and founder of the Young Lords Organization, died Friday, Jan. 10. He was 76.

My assumption that humanist academics were all on the left was foolish, of course. But so was my defeatist certainty that grad school hadn’t trained me for anything useful. In fact, as Elyse Graham shows in her snappy and entertaining Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II,

Jose “Cha Cha” Jimenez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and co-founder of the Rainbow Coalition has died. He was 76. His sister, Daisy Rodriguez,

José "Cha Cha" Jiménez, a prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader and founder of the Young Lords Organization, has died. He was 76. Jiménez died Friday morning, according to his sister Daisy Rodríguez, who first announced it in a Facebook post.

President Biden tells USA TODAY he hasn't picked a location for his presidential library – but hopes to see it in his home state of Delaware.

The 119th United States Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. New members were elected on November 5, 2024. The 119th Congress convened on ...

President Joe Biden presents David M. Rubenstein with the Medal of Freedom during a Jan. 4 ceremony at the White House. Rubenstein was honored for his “philanthropy and generous support for the restoration of historic landmarks and the country’s cultural institutions.”

For decades, Americans have gathered at the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. to watch the inauguration of the incoming president, with some noteworthy exceptions.