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A committee exhibit shows former Vice President Mike Pence talking on the phone from his secure location during the riot, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol holds a hearing on Thursday.

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Pence prevented a fall into chaos, and 3 other takeaways from Jan. 6 hearing

9:48pm June 16, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

The committee laid out how Trump and a lawyer advising him pressured Pence even after Trump was aware there was a riot. The question now is whether Trump could face criminal consequences.

A committee exhibit shows former Vice President Mike Pence on the phone from his secure location during the riot, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol holds a hearing in Washington, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (

Here's every word of the third Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation

8:25pm June 16, 2022

Read the full transcript from the June 16 hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

J. Michael Luttig, former U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the Fourth Circuit, testifies before the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building on Thursday in Washington, D.C.

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A respected conservative judge is now a critic of his party — and former clerks

6:15pm June 16, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig was questioned by one of his former law clerks about the role of another in the insurrection. He has spoken out against former clerks John Eastman and Ted Cruz.

President Joe Biden speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday, June 16, 2022.

Despite warnings from economists, Biden says a recession is not inevitable

5:44pm June 16, 2022

by The Associated Press

In an interview Thursday with The Associated Press, the president says the American people are "really, really down" after two years of pandemic, volatility in the economy and surging gas prices.

Sen. Angus King on latest progress on bipartisan talks over gun reform legislation

5:40pm June 16, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, on where bipartisan negotiations over legislation on gun safety stand in the Senate.

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European leaders meet with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to show unity and support

5:40pm June 16, 2022

by Greg Myre

Four European leaders are meeting Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in talks intended as a show of European unity. Also, the U.S. ambassador tells NPR she expects "a long, grinding, tough war."

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Florida isn't ordering doses of the COVID vaccine for children under the age of 5

5:40pm June 16, 2022

by Greg Allen

Florida state officials won't order doses of the COVID vaccine for children under five years old. It's the only state that hasn't pre-ordered the new vaccines, which they did for prior versions.

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Chairman of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., talks with the media after a hearing of the committee, Thursday, June 16, 2022, on Capitol Hill.

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The Justice Department wants to see the Jan. 6 committee's transcripts

5:25pm June 16, 2022

by Carrie Johnson

It says the lack of sharing is complicating its criminal probe.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) says the House Jan. 6 committee investigation will reveal new details of the insurrection for the public.

American democracy is more vulnerable now than on Jan. 6, Schiff says amid hearings

5:22pm June 16, 2022

American democracy is more vulnerable today than it was on January 6 because the "big lie" that Donald Trump won the 2020 election has spread, says Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA).

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Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, in 2017.

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Jan. 6 committee asks Ginni Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, to testify

5:01pm June 16, 2022

by NPR Washington desk

Ginni Thomas said she would "look forward" to talking to the committee after reports surfaced that she communicated with a lawyer who pressured Mike Pence to reject the election results.