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A son takes the stand against his father in the first trial related to Jan. 6 riot

6:54am March 04, 2022

The trial of accused Capitol rioter Guy Reffitt continued Thursday with intense video from Jan. 6, and testimony from his son, Jackson, who turned his father in to the FBI.

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Visitors sit around the base of the Lincoln Memorial with the Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol building in the distance.

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Some deride D.C. as a swamp. To others, it's an idealistic place to do good

5:00am March 04, 2022

by Brian Naylor

Sure, there are some in Washington hoping to enrich themselves with federal contracts and to corruptly influence policy, but many are drawn, as one resident says, to make the world a better place.

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A woman wearing the Ukrainian flag is handed a beverage at the train station in Przemysl, Poland, on Thursday. Ukrainians have been welcomed into Poland and other neighboring countries as they flee Russian attacks.

Race, culture and politics underpin how — or if — refugees are welcomed in Europe

9:26pm March 03, 2022

by Laurel Wamsley

The embrace of those fleeing the Russian invasion is far different from the cold shoulder refugees from the Middle East and Africa have received. Race, culture and politics are all part of the story.

President Biden delivers his first State of the Union address on Tuesday.

Biden wants more COVID relief funds. The GOP wants to know where previous relief went

7:01pm March 03, 2022

by Alana Wise

The White House has requested $22.5 billion in additional COVID relief, but 35 GOP senators warned they won't support more until Biden provides an accounting of trillions in prior relief spending.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Jan. 11, 2022, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa legislators on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, gave final approval to a bill that would prohibit transgender females from participating in girls high school sports and women's

Transgender girls and women now barred from female sports in Iowa

5:49pm March 03, 2022

by Grant Gerlock

The ban takes effect immediately. The ban applies to K-12 schools and community colleges as well as colleges and universities that are part of the NCAA or NAIA.

Pressure is on to wrap up Iran nuclear deal talks

4:39pm March 03, 2022

by Peter Kenyon

Talks over the Iran nuclear deal seem to be coming to a head — either with an agreement or without one. The aim is to bring the U.S. and Iran into compliance with the agreement Trump pulled out of.

How President Zelenskyy's wartime leadership has transformed his image

4:25pm March 03, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Emily Harding, who has been tracking the Russian invasion from the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, on Zelenskyy's wartime leadership.

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Jan. 6 panel says it has evidence Trump broke the law in effort to overturn election

4:25pm March 03, 2022

by Deirdre Walsh

The House committee investigating Jan. 6 says it has evidence showing that former President Trump broke the law by trying to overturn the 2020 election.

Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., speaks with supporters during a campaign event at the Flying Machine restaurant in Lawrenceville, Ga. Hice, one of the nation's preeminent election deniers, is running for Georgia secretary of state.

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Georgia's race to oversee voting pits an election denier against an election defender

2:16pm March 03, 2022

by Miles Parks

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who denied entreaties to overturn the 2020 race, faces a primary challenge from one of the nation's preeminent election deniers, Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga.

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Rep. Van Taylor, R-Texas, is pictured during a House committee hearing on Capitol Hill in September 2020. Taylor announced Wednesday he was dropping his bid for reelection.

U.S. Rep. Van Taylor drops his Texas reelection bid and admits to an affair

9:46am March 03, 2022

by The Associated Press

The announcement followed reports that he had been in a relationship with the widow of an American-born recruiter for the Islamic State.