The Postal Service is seeking a temporary delay from the vaccine mandate
With more than 500,000 employees, the post office says complying with the rule would be difficult and could interfere with timely mail deliveries.
Politics & Government
Supreme Court's conservatives cast cloud over vaccine-or-test mandate for businesses
Justices seemed more open to the vaccine mandate for almost all workers at hospitals, nursing homes, and other medical providers receiving federal Medicare and Medicaid funds.
The chair of the Jan. 6 panel says the committee will ask Mike Pence to appear
The chair of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack says by month's end they'll ask former Vice President Mike Pence to testify. They may also request testimony from Ivanka Trump.
The immovable Republican Party and 'ink-blot politics'
Several of the key facts of the Jan. 6 insurrection are indisputable. And yet millions on the right do dispute them. Here's a look at how that happened.
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments challenging vaccine mandates
The two cases are in a preliminary posture, but how the court rules will very likely signal how these issues are ultimately resolved.
News brief: COVID tests, vaccine mandate hearing, Jan. 6 events
Rapid COVID-19 tests are in short supply and prices are increasing. The Supreme Court will review two of Biden's vaccine rules for workers. Not many Republicans attended Jan. 6 events on Capitol Hill.
After 30 years in the U.S. House, Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush is leaving
NPR's A Martinez talks with longtime Illinois Democratic Rep. Bobby Rush about his decision to leave Congress, and his expectations for the Democratic party and democracy.
Trump is the most powerful figure in the Republican party, despite lies and Jan. 6
Many Republican allies of former President Trump were outraged in 2021 when the Capitol was attacked. But as Trump's popularity endures, the party's elected leaders now largely overlook Jan. 6.
On Capitol Hill, President Biden and other leaders mark anniversary of Jan. 6 attack
President Biden and Democratic leaders converged at the Capitol on Thursday with speeches, ceremonies and prayer to mark the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Dozens are reported dead in Kazakhstan, where an anti-government revolt is underway
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Melinda Haring, Deputy Director for Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center, on the situation in Kazakhstan and its implications for the rest of the world.