Politics & Government

Today's Jan. 6 hearing looked at the role of Q-Anon, Proud Boys and Oath Keepers

4:29pm July 12, 2022

by Tom Dreisbach

The committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol held a hearing on Tuesday focused on the role of the conspiracy theory QAnon and extremist groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.

Queue Listen Now

Stephen Ayres (L), who entered the U.S. Capitol illegally on January 6, 2021, confers with Jason Van Tatenhove (R), who served as national spokesman for the Oath Keepers and as a close aide to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, prior to their testimony

Politics & Government

Live updates: Jan. 6 rioter, former Oath Keepers spokesman sit for live testimony

4:27pm July 12, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

Tuesday's hearing looks at the role of groups like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys on the Jan. 6 Capitol attack — and the groups' possible connection to former President Donald Trump.

Adoption events are planned as Guilford County animal shelter nears capacity

3:50pm July 12, 2022

by Keri Brown

President Biden's visit to the Middle East will start in Israel on Wednesday. Then he will go to the Israeli-occupied West Bank to meet the Palestinian leadership. From there, he'll attend a regional Arab summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he'll meet l

Biden's Middle East trip aims to shore up a relatively calm moment in the region

3:44pm July 12, 2022

by Larry Kaplow

In his visits to Israel and Saudi Arabia this week, President Biden will aim to keep the oil flowing and lock in progress on the Middle East's simmering conflicts.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador pulls out his remarks in the Oval Office.

Biden gets an earful in the Oval from Mexican President López Obrador

3:20pm July 12, 2022

by Scott Detrow

President Biden met with Mexico's Andrés Manuel López Obrador a month after the Mexican president boycotted a regional summit. Biden's public remarks were brief. López Obrador — not so much.

Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin was killed in the Parkland mass shooting, interrupts President Biden as he speaks at an event celebrating the bipartisan Safer Communities Act on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday.

President Biden touts gun safety legislation, but critics say he's not doing enough

11:37am July 12, 2022

by Scott Detrow

President Biden is under pressure from people in his own party who say he's not meeting the moment, saying he hasn't been forceful enough on gun legislation and the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Queue Listen Now

Politics & Government

The Jan. 6 committee will look at the role far-right groups played during the riot

11:24am July 12, 2022

by Deirdre Walsh

The seventh public hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol takes place today, and the subject of far-right extremism is center stage.

Queue Listen Now

Politics & Government

NC governor vetoes 4 bills, 1 directing sheriffs to aid ICE

11:15am July 12, 2022

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

Abortion-rights demonstrators shout slogans after tying green flags to the fence in front of the White House during a protest to pressure the Biden administration to act and protect abortion rights on Saturday.

Biden administration: Doctors must offer abortion if mom's life is at risk

10:09am July 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

HHS told hospitals that they "must" provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk, saying federal law on emergency care preempts state laws that now ban abortion without exception.

Politics & Government

Rep. Stephanie Murphy on what to expect during today's Jan. 6 hearing

7:11am July 12, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) about today's Jan. 6 House committee hearing on links between former President Donald Trump's inner circle and extremist groups.