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Then-President Donald Trump is seen on the screen above the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection on Thursday in outtakes from his Jan. 7, 2021, video in which he refused to say he had lost the election.

As Jan. 6 panel pauses, the U.S. faces a fourth fall of Trump (with a fifth in view)

5:00am July 24, 2022

by Ron Elving

Even if the January 6 investigation had wrapped this week, the former president would still be looming over the fall landscape like a rising harvest moon.

Suspect in Lee Zeldin attack didn't know who lawmaker was, investigators say

5:14pm July 23, 2022

by The Associated Press

The man accused of attacking GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin at a campaign event had apparently been drinking and didn't know who the lawmaker was.

Politics & Government

What could be next after the Jan. 6 hearings

5:03pm July 23, 2022

There's debate about what, if anything, the Justice Department might do. Lawfare's Ben Wittes and Quinta Jurecic talk about this with NPR's Michel Martin.

President Biden talks on the phone with his national security team from the Treaty Room in the residence of the White House on Friday.

Biden's COVID symptoms are less troublesome, his doctor says

12:33pm July 23, 2022

by NPR Washington Desk

The president's symptoms now include a sore throat and body aches, Dr. Kevin O'Connor said. Biden is likely infected with the BA.5 subvariant of omicron.

Biden's COVID symptoms are improving after Paxlovid treatment

12:28pm July 23, 2022

by Franco Ordoñez

Scott Simon speaks with NPR's Franco Ordonez for an update on President Biden's COVID infection.

Republican Rep. Liz Cheney speaks during a hearing by the House Select Committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the Capitol on July 21.

Politics & Government

The Jan. 6 committee isn't done. Expect more hearings, revelations and reports

8:59am July 23, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

With Republicans set to take control of the House of Representatives in November, the Democrat-led committee has a lot to pack into the next five months.

Politics & Government

Jan. 6 committee recesses until September after primetime spectacle

8:26am July 23, 2022

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks with January 6th committee member Rep. Jamie Raskin about the investigation and where it's headed next.

Politics & Government

Week in politics: Trump's actions on Jan. 6 revealed; Steve Bannon guilty of contempt

8:03am July 23, 2022

by Ron Elving

Revelations from the January 6th committee and a bipartisan deal to reform the Electoral Count Act, the law former President Donald Trump and his allies sought to exploit.

Politics & Government

Steve Bannon is the first Trump associate to be convicted for Jan. 6 actions

8:03am July 23, 2022

by Carrie Johnson

A jury convicted Trump adviser Steve Bannon of criminal contempt of Congress for defying the Jan. 6 committee, but Bannon vows to appeal.

Politics & Government

Hispanic and minority voters are increasingly shifting to the Republican party

8:03am July 23, 2022

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon asks political scientist Ruy Teixeira about growing support for Republicans by Hispanics and other minority voters. Texiera co-wrote 2002's "The Emerging Democratic Majority."