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NPR's congressional reporter discusses Congress' return to the electoral count and what the pro-Trump insurrection at the U.S. Capitol might mean for the U.S. politics.

Congress reconvened to finish the tally of the Electoral College votes after pro-Trump extremists were cleared from the U.S. Capitol grounds, following their violent insurrection on Wednesday.

After the Capitol grounds were cleared of the armed insurrection of the pro-Trump mob, NPR looks at President Trump's rhetoric and how the press covered the insurrection.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Kathleen Belew, an assistant history professor at the University of Chicago, about signs of paramilitary and white power groups' presence at the Capitol.

President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Judge Merrick Garland to become attorney general in the new administration, NPR has learned.

NPR's Noel King talks to reporter Dan Clark of WMHT-TV about New York lawmakers' move to revoke Gov. Cuomo's emergency powers after harassment allegations and his handling of the pandemic.

Joe Biden has had a remarkably consistent campaign message. He was running, he said, to restore the soul of the nation. His campaign was — in essence — about human decency and character.

Democrats and Republicans can agree to very little about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, including how to investigate it. The fallout is impacting the ability to work across party lines.

The Biden administration pledges a foreign policy that delivers to middle-class Americans. Linking up to locales across the country — outside D.C. — could help with that, according to a new report.

A family in China's region of Xinjiang left videos, pleading for help as authorities mounted a mass detention campaign. Then they disappeared.