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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Georgia elections official Gabriel Sterling testify during a hearing held by the select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack on Tuesday in Washington.

Georgia officials fact-check an infamous Trump phone call in real time

6:34pm June 21, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Rep. Adam Schiff played clips of a recording in front of Georgia officials, pausing to ask them questions and fact-check the Trump's false claims in real time.

Rep. Adam Schiff delivers remarks during a hearing by the House select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack on Tuesday in Washington.

The Trump campaign tried to use fake electors, says Rep. Adam Schiff

5:43pm June 21, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Schiff details how Trump and his campaign "were directly involved in advancing and coordinating the plot to replace Biden electors with fake electors not chosen by the voters."

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova meet in Krakovets, along the Ukrainian border with Poland, on Tuesday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (June 21)

4:59pm June 21, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Unpacking the latest Jan. 6 hearings

4:32pm June 21, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat, about the latest Jan. 6 hearings.

Rusty Bowers, Arizona House Speaker, testifies during hearing on the Jan. 6th investigation on Tuesday in Washington.

Arizona lawmaker Rusty Bowers details the pressure put on him by Trump and Giuliani

3:10pm June 21, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

Bowers testifies that Rudy Giuliani told him of allegations of voter fraud committed by undocumented immigrants or dead people who were listed as having voted.

An international sign warning about mines hangs beside a minefield at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan in 2002.

U.S. military reinstitutes its landmine ban — except for Korea

11:45am June 21, 2022

by The Associated Press

The White House announced Tuesday that it would restrict use of the weapons, aligning the country's policy more closely — though not fully — with an international treaty banning the deadly explosives.

A visual representation of the digital Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. A new report says the technology's security is vulnerable.

Cryptocurrency tech is vulnerable to tampering, a DARPA analysis finds

5:01am June 21, 2022

by Martin Kaste

A new analysis commissioned by DARPA quantifies how the decentralized tech that runs the currency system could be compromised.

Smoke rises from a burning house following shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on Friday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (June 17)

5:02pm June 17, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Stella Assange, wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, speaks in front of the U.K. Home Office in London as protesters demand Julian Assange's release on May 17. Home Secretary Priti Patel signed the extradition order on Friday.

Will Julian Assange be extradited to the U.S.? Where his case stands now

1:10pm June 17, 2022

by Bill Chappell

The WikiLeaks founder will face 18 federal counts — whenever he's brought to a U.S. courthouse in Virginia. For now, he has at least one more avenue of appeal.

Bridget Brink, the new U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, speaks at a press conference on June 2 after presenting her credentials to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a ceremony at St. Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv The U.S. Embassy shut down shortly before

U.S. ambassador to Ukraine: 'It's going to be a long, grinding, tough war'

7:20am June 17, 2022

The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine has been through a lot in recent years. It's just reopened and Ambassador Bridget Brink is overseeing a massive U.S. assistance operation with a limited staff.

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