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State capitals around the country are dealing with security threats, and NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Kentucky's Gov. Andy Beshear about how his state is preparing for protests and unrest.

Democrats argue major voting reforms are needed to protect democracy. Now, with control of Congress and the presidency, the party will need to decide what changes are realistic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has trapped hundreds of thousands of seafarers aboard cargo ships, unable to get off or switch crews due to fears of spreading the infection.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution, about Democrats' aim to pass a COVID-19 relief package with a hike in the federal minimum wage.

Maj. Gen. William Walker said the Department of Defense took three hours to approve deploying the National Guard to the Capitol on Jan. 6 after a "frantic" request from Capitol Police.

Police body camera video shows a handcuffed 9-year-old screaming for her father as police try to restrain her and spray her with a chemical irritant.

Bly won a National Book Award and was a tireless advocate for poetry. But he knew he could rub people the wrong way. "I do remember people wanting to kill me," he said, "but that's not unusual."

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Karen Attiah, the global opinions editor at The Washington Post, about the role that mainstream media played in the Trump presidency and the rise of political extremism.

The painting, entitled Ecce Homo, was attributed to a different artist when it went to auction in 2021, but the Prado museum says it has now been verified as a lost work of the Italian master.

Director Fernando Frías de la Parra's Netflix film I'm No Longer Here is Mexico's entry for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars. "He's truly original," says Roma director Alfonso Cuarón.