North Dakota Officials Block Wind Power In Effort To Save Coal Across the country, coal plants are shutting down. Wind turbines are going up. But the transition can be rocky. In North Dakota, some officials are trying to defend coal by blocking new wind turbines. Dan Charles
FACT CHECK: Biden Reopens Border Shelters For Teens, But It's Not 'Kids In Cages' The controversy over a Texas facility to house migrant children is just the latest example of the challenging transition from campaigning to governing on immigration for the Biden administration. Franco Ordoñez
Capitol Police Chief: Records Prove Immediate Calls For Military Backup On Jan. 6 Acting U.S. Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman told a House committee that phone records prove several immediate requests for military backup were made in the first hour of the Jan. 6 breach. Claudia Grisales
Democrats Say Relief Programs Could Become This Generation's New Deal Democrats are using the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill to introduce measures they say will reduce poverty. People already at risk for falling behind have seen big setbacks over the past year. Kelsey Snell
DeJoy Testifies Before House Panel, Biden Nominates 3 To USPS Board Postmaster General Louis DeJoy faced lawmakers on Capitol Hill who wanted to know why Americans are still experiencing delays in getting their mail. Only the USPS board of governors can oust DeJoy. Brian Naylor
Biden Reopens Gateway For Green Cards And Work Visas, Reversing Trump COVID-19 Freeze The change means the wait is over for hundreds of thousands of job-seeking foreigners and those pursuing permanent residency in the U.S. to apply for the coveted immigration documents. Vanessa Romo
McConnell Blasts Pelosi's Proposed Jan. 6 Commission As 'Partisan' Republican lawmakers want equal party representation on the panel to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Barbara Sprunt
Postmaster General DeJoy Faces Questioning About Mail Delays Beset by delivery delays, the postmaster general is working on a 10-year strategy for the Postal Service. He testifies before a House panel on Wednesday. Brian Naylor
Lawmakers Will Hold 2nd Hearing Regarding Capitol Insurrection NPR's Noel King talks to Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the chair of the rules committee, which co-sponsored the first joint hearing concerning security during the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6.
Men Testifying In Hearing All Say U.S. Capitol Attack Was Premeditated The Senate held the first bipartisan joint oversight hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. All four men testifying said they agree the attack was largely premeditated. Susan Davis