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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Tim Heaphy, a lead investigator for the House Ccommittee on the U.S. Capitol attack, about President Trump's clemency for all of the Jan. 6 defendants.

Pete Hegseth, President Trump's pick for defense secretary, is facing new allegations of alcohol abuse and misconduct as the Senate prepares to vote on his confirmation.

Do you listen to audiobooks at regular speed or do you crank it up? Listeners have been going back and forth on social media.

Petula Clark's single "Downtown" hit the number one spot on the US billboard charts 60 years ago, on January 23, 1965, and stayed there for two weeks. At 92, she's planning a concert in London.

Hegseth was voted out of committee Monday along party lines. The Senate is expected to take up his nomination soon; it is unclear how these new allegations will alter the trajectory of his nomination.

Trump said those prosecuted for the attack on the U.S. Capitol had served long enough, and he sought to shift criticism to a set of preemptive pardons issued by former President Joe Biden.

Some people who didn't evacuate are now hunkering down in their houses. The National guard and police warn that no one comes in and anyone choosing to leave won't be allowed back. Neighbors inside are making the best of the situation.

On his first day in the White House, President Donald Trump gave commutations and pardons to every defendant charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Many assaulted police.

The new Secretary of State Marco Rubio is sworn in, the first Latino in the post, and the cabinet member with one of the most daunting in entries.

The Gaza ceasefire is holding and badly needed aid is flowing into the territory in large quantities. Meanwhile, Israel announces a new military operation against Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank.