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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries sat down with All Things Considered's Juana Summers to talk about the recent debt ceiling negotiations and what this says about the direction Congress is headed.

The former president says he learned Sunday that he may be charged with a federal crime by a grand jury investigating the Capitol siege. A spokesman for special counsel Jack Smith declined to comment.

Lawmakers are embroiled in a dayslong stalemate over electing the next speaker of the House. Kevin McCarthy starts a third day facing a group of fellow Republicans who object to him.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group, a political risk consultancy, which lists the growing power of China's Xi Jinping among this year's top political risks.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Ukrainian politician Volodymyr Omelyan, who left his job and family, and has been fighting against the Russians on the frontlines for the last six months.

Several candidates who have repeatedly made baseless claims about the 2020 election are now seeking to become their state's top election official in the 2022 midterm elections.

Investigators said in court documents that they believe five of those charged were present at the party on April 15 and "discharged firearms into the crowd," resulting in the deaths of four people.

President Biden granted clemency to six individuals on Friday who were convicted of a range of crimes.

Ray Epps is suing Fox for portraying him as an instigator of violence on Jan 6. 2021. He says he believed Fox that former President Donald Trump had been cheated of victory in the 2020 race.

The Jan. 6 committee has been uncovering what led up to the insurrection, but lurking beneath the hearings is a sometimes unspoken reason — race and the loss of white power.