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Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said the 7-foot tall "non-scalable fence" will be in place for "at least" the next 30 days. McCarthy also said 6,200 members of the Guard will be in place by the weekend.

Pro-Trump insurrectionists breached the Capitol Building. We bring you the latest on what we know about how the United States got here.

One day after rioters stormed the building, Democratic and Republican lawmakers are taking steps to assess the security flaws at the Capitol.

The U.S. Education Secretary sent her resignation letter to President Trump, effective Friday.

Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., said she could no longer object to the results "in good conscience," following the violence at the U.S. Capitol.

West Virginia Del. Derrick Evans, sworn in last month, was seen in a since-deleted video entering the building. It is unclear whether Evans will face disciplinary action from fellow state lawmakers.

Following Wednesday's insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, NPR talks with Republican voters across the country about their reaction to the events and President Trump's role in the chaos.

Some Republican lawmakers are backing up President Trump's false claims about election fraud, but Democrats have the election results, the Constitution and House Rules all on their side.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi informed House lawmakers that Congress will reconvene Wednesday night to continue its constitutional duty to count and certify the electoral votes after pro-Trump protestors breached the Capitol and forced Capitol Police to evacuate both the House and Senate.

The president's badgering sets up his wingman to take the blame when Trump's quixotic quest to overturn election results fails and Congress certifies President-elect Joe Biden's win.

It's a new year, which means new opportunities for emerging artists to rise above the noise. Here are public radio's 17 artists to watch this year.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Philippine-born singer Bea Kristi, better known as "Beabadoobee" about her new album Fake It Flowers.

The federal government is offering nursing homes the chance to opt in to the new program, in which pharmacy staff would deliver and administer a future vaccine on site.

The state's voter rolls have grown by nearly 2 million since the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013, but polling locations have been cut by almost 10%.

Married Broadway stars Danny Burstein and Rebecca Luker both contracted COVID in the spring. John Powers reviews David Byrne's American Utopia.Chana Joffe-Walt talks about her new Serialpodcast.

Artist Dammit Wesley and his business partner, Will Jenkins, are embracing the opportunity they now have to show the Charlotte art world that creators can look just like them: Black men who are successful entrepreneurs and see the world differently than their white counterparts.

Bladen County in eastern North Carolina drew national attention two years ago for an election fraud scandal involving mail-in ballots. It led to the results of the 9th District congressional race being thrown out and a new election. So, with mail-in voting happening in larger numbers this year because of the pandemic, WFAE sent a reporter to see how voting was going in Bladen County.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with journalist Tessa Stuart about her reporting on the Trump administration's immigration policies.

Former national security adviser John Bolton says President Trump's decision-making "does not produce a coherent, effective, sustained policy."

Map of COVID-19 infections across the United States