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Documentary footage from filmmaker shows evidence that Jan. 6 was a planned attack

4:26pm June 10, 2022

Committee members heard testimony from a witness with evidence that Jan. 6 was a planned attack. Documentarian Nick Quested was filming the extremist group the Proud Boys before and during the riots.

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In this file photo, travelers pass a sign for COVID-19 testing at Logan Airport in Boston. The Biden administration is lifting its requirement for COVID testing before flying to the U.S.

Starting on Sunday, you won't have to test for COVID-19 to fly into the U.S.

11:12am June 10, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is lifting its COVID-19 testing requirement for airline travelers coming into the country. It's a major change for the travel industry.

Fox News personalities adorn the front of the News Corporation building in 2019 in New York City.

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Only one major cable news channel did not carry the Jan. 6 hearing live: Fox News

10:55am June 10, 2022

by David Folkenflik

Airing the hearing would have required Fox to broadcast flat contradictions of what its personalities have told their audience in the past year and a half: that the riot was a mere legal protest.

House Committee places blame for Jan. 6 riot on Trump

8:00am June 10, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

During a hearing last night in prime time, the House Select Committee investigating January Six made it clear it blames former President Donald Trump for that day's deadly violence.

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Rep. Zoe Lofgren talks about last night's Jan. 6 hearings

7:21am June 10, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin asks Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Democrat of California, to respond to the first session of the January 6 hearings.

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Breaking down yesterday's Jan. 6 hearing

5:01am June 10, 2022

by Asma Khalid

The co-hosts of the NPR Politics Podcast discuss compelling moments and takeaways from the first public hearing by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Republican New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu wanted both of the state's congressional districts to remain competitive.

Politics & Government

Competitive congressional districts are on the decline. New Hampshire bucks the trend

5:00am June 10, 2022

by Todd Bookman

The GOP-led legislature passed a map to dramatically redraw the state's two districts. But Republican Gov. Chris Sununu wanted both of the districts to remain competitive.

U.S. Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards testifies during a hearing by the select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack on Thursday in Washington.

A Capitol Police officer injured on Jan. 6 recalls the chaos and carnage

11:28pm June 09, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

"It was carnage, it was chaos. I can't even describe what I saw," says U.S. Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards.

Liz Cheney, vice chair of the select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, delivers opening remarks during a hearing on Thursday in Washington.

Liz Cheney offers a stark message to the GOP members who continue to support Trump

10:28pm June 09, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

"Tonight, I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain," Cheney says.

Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, delivers opening remarks at Thursday's hearing about the 2021 riot.

Bennie Thompson says Jan. 6 was the 'culmination of an attempted coup'

9:11pm June 09, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

The chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection called the attack a "culmination of an attempted coup," in opening remarks at Thursday's hearing about that day's riot.