Vaccinated foreign travelers will be allowed into the U.S. starting Nov. 8 The White House says airline travelers will have to show proof of vaccination as well as a negative COVID-19 test Brian Naylor
January 6 committee to moves to hold Bannon in criminal contempt Former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon could face charges of criminal contempt after he defied a congressional subpoena to sit for a deposition. Claudia Grisales
Fired FBI official Andrew McCabe wins retirement benefits and back pay in settlement The Trump administration fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe on the eve of his retirement in 2018. McCabe then sued over his termination. Carrie Johnson
Democrats haggle over how to scale back their spending plan to win over centrists Democrats in Congress are trying to thread a seemingly impossible needle. They say they want to address things like child care, climate change and poverty. But they also need to keep the price down. Kelsey Snell
Jan. 6 panel moves forward with criminal contempt charge against Steve Bannon As expected, Bannon was a no-show for his deposition with the committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Claudia Grisales
Voting rights set for Senate vote as Democrats push Biden's agenda Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., says the Senate will vote next week on voting rights as Democrats try to advance much of President Biden's agenda. Kelsey Snell
The White House steps in to unclog the overwhelmed shipping industry Global supply chain issues have hampered the economic recovery. The Biden administration is trying to fix some of those issues through deals with the private sector. Asma Khalid
U.S. to open borders to fully vaccinated travelers from Canada and Mexico NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas about tourism coming back to her border district in El Paso once the border reopens to fully vaccinated travelers.
Jan. 6 panel issues subpoena for Trump ally, ex-DOJ official Jeffrey Clark The House select committee has been ramping up its investigation into the riot and efforts by the former president to pressure the Justice Department to support his false claims of election fraud. Claudia Grisales
The committees intended to combat gerrymandering can look very different per state More states have adopted redistricting commissions as an antidote to gerrymandering over the past decade. Depending on the state, commissions look and function very differently. Are they working? Bente Birkeland