Politics

The Supreme Court to hold a hearing on Biden's vaccine and testing mandate

5:55am January 05, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Karen Harned of the National Federation of Independent Business, about its opposition to OSHA's vaccine and testing requirements for private employers.

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Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush, a Democrat, is retiring after 30 years in the U.S. House

8:14pm January 04, 2022

by Dan Mihalopoulos

Longtime Illinois Democratic Rep. Bobby Rush announced on Tuesday that he is leaving Congress. The former Black Panther has represented the South Side of Chicago in Congress since 1993.

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Fox News host Sean Hannity interviews then-President Donald Trump in 2018 in Las Vegas.

Politics & Government

House Jan. 6 committee seeks to question Fox News' Sean Hannity about the Capitol riot

8:02pm January 04, 2022

by Alana Wise

In its request to speak with Hannity, the panel disclosed newly revealed texts he allegedly sent, including one on Jan. 5 that said: "[I'm] very worried about the next 48 hours."

Democrats revisit voting rights legislation around Jan. 6 anniversary

5:04pm January 04, 2022

by Barbara Sprunt

Democrats are making a fresh push on voting rights legislation around the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, while also trying to revive President Biden's Build Back Better agenda.

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What U.S. Capitol security looks like a year after the Jan. 6 insurrection

5:04pm January 04, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

A year after the Jan. 6 riot, a new team of Capitol security leaders are in place, and congressional probes are investigating what went wrong that day. The partisan divide in Congress has intensified.

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Why is the 'Big Lie' proving so hard to dispel?

5:04pm January 04, 2022

by Tovia Smith

One year after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, a new NPR/Ipsos poll shows many Americans still buy into the "Big Lie": the baseless claim that the 2020 election was stolen.

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After serving as the lead manager for the ultimately unsuccessful second Trump impeachment, Rep. Jamie Raskin became a member of the House select committee looking into the Jan. 6 attacks.

After his son's suicide and the Jan. 6 attack, Rep. Jamie Raskin is not giving up

3:21pm January 04, 2022

by Terry Gross

Raskin's son died just days before the Capitol insurrection. Now Raskin serves on the House select committee charged with investigating the Jan. 6 attack. His new memoir is Unthinkable.

Rep. Mark Finchem, of Arizona, gestures as he speaks during an election rally in Richmond, Va., in October.

Politics & Government

Here's where election-denying candidates are running to control voting

2:19pm January 04, 2022

by Miles Parks

An NPR analysis found at least 15 Republican candidates for secretary of state offices in 2022 who doubt Joe Biden's 2020 victory.

Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., seen here in 2020 speaking about his Emmett Till Antilynching Act, is set to retire from Congress after 15 terms.

Politics & Government

Longtime Chicago Congressman Bobby Rush is the latest Democrat to leave Washington

2:05pm January 04, 2022

by Alana Wise

The 75-year-old former Black Panther leader won't seek a 16th term in Congress, but vowed he'll remain an activist.

Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy, by Jamie Raskin

Rep. Jamie Raskin searches for answers in 'Unthinkable' journey of trauma and grief

9:35am January 04, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

In a new memoir, the Democratic congressman recounts a year of loss and grief after the death of son Tommy — and a motivation to right the wrongs that occurred on Jan. 6.