What is the origin of the letters used in star classification? Why didn't astronomers use ABCD? J. HaldimanChicago, Illinois Stellar spectral types originally followed alphabetical order. But as ...

The Epstein files, which look into Epstein's crimes, have caused headaches for President Trump all year, stoking the flames ...

Last year, Washington D.C.’s attorney general sued a landlord who let buildings decay while illegally billing tenants for utilities. The office secured restitution and forced repairs — real relief for ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from replacing a top official at the Library of Congress for now, deferring a decision on his emergency appeal until it resolves a pair of ...

Some lawmakers are donating their salaries. Nearly 4 in 10 members of the U.S. House of Representatives did not take their pay during the government shutdown, according to an ABC News survey of ...

Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s exit from politics after nearly 40 years in the game is a stark reminder that too much of our political class is like her: long-haul careerists who cling to the reins of power — ...

It's another appeal to the justices over Trump's view of presidential control. The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to uphold the president's ...

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow him to fire a top official at the Library of Congress, despite a lower court ruling that found the official is part the legislative ...

Earlier this year, it was announced that the Library of Congress had acquired the Stephen Sondheim collection. The legendary composer and lyricist passed away in 2021 at the age of 91 after a long and ...

The loss of the ancient world's greatest repository of knowledge has been mourned for centuries—but Julius Caesar may not really be to blame. The 1876 painting Incendie Alexandrie by Hermann Goll ...

When the government shut down for a few weeks in October 2013, then-President Barack Obama made sure to blame conservative Republicans for refusing to pass any short-term spending bill that included ...