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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.

Ivanka Trump, former senior adviser to Donald Trump, displayed on a screen during a hearing of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

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Ivanka Trump said she accepted Barr's conclusion that the 2020 election wasn't stolen

8:57pm June 09, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

Ivanka Trump reacted to then-Attorney General William Barr saying that the 2020 election was not stolen.

Clouds roll over the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington on Thursday.

Here's how to watch the Jan. 6 committee hearings

7:47pm June 09, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

The hearing on Thursday will be livestreamed on YouTube and on most TV news channels.

Ryan Kelly, a Republican candidate for governor, attends a rally in support of First Amendment rights and to protest against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, outside the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Mich., on May 15, 2021.

Michigan candidate for governor, Ryan Kelley, charged for Jan. 6 involvement

5:58pm June 09, 2022

by Rick Pluta, Michigan Public Radio Network

On Thursday, Ryan Kelley was charged with four misdemeanors related to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. He's one of five candidates on the Republican primary ballot for governor.

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Supporters of then-President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

The Jan. 6 committee is holding hearings on its investigation of the Capitol riot

5:19pm June 09, 2022

by Heidi Glenn

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is holding about a half a dozen public hearings this month on what it has learned so far. The first is on June 9 at 8 p.m.

Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. They later went on to break in and attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election results.

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5 key questions the Jan. 6 committee will tackle in its hearings

5:13pm June 09, 2022

It's been nearly a year of gathering information — via depositions, subpoenas, hearings, document dumps and court challenges — for the House select committee investigating the siege of the Capitol.

The panel investigating Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol holds the first hearings tonight

5:08pm June 09, 2022

by Deirdre Walsh

House lawmakers hold the first in a series of televised hearings in primetime Thursday. They promise new information as they explain what led up to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and how it played out.

2 senators are working across the aisle on a framework to regulate cryptocurrency

5:08pm June 09, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat from New York, and Sen. Cynthia Lummis, a Republican from Wyoming, about their bill to regulate cryptocurrency.

Black smoke and soot rise from the city of Sievierodonetsk, eastern Ukraine, during a battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops on Thursday. Ukraine's leader has called it the epicenter of the fight for the Donbas region.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (June 9)

4:53pm June 09, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

Biden has changed his tune on Saudi Arabia

4:40pm June 09, 2022

by Scott Detrow

President Biden took a tough tack on Saudi Arabia when he came into office, calling it a "pariah" for its human rights abuses. But he's recently done an about-face. Oil is a big part of the reason.