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The House voted Thursday on a bill to provide humanitarian aid at the border. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., joins NPR's Audie Cornish to discuss the vote.

The House select committee investigating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol will focus on how ex- President Donald Trump pressured then-Vice President Mike Pence not to count lawful electoral votes.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Emory University Professor Andra Gillespie about Georgia's 6th Congressional district race between Lucy McBath and incumbent Karen Handel.

— The U.S. Justice Department is opening a sweeping civil rights investigation into the Louisiana State Police amid mounting evidence that the agency has looked the other way in the face of beatings of mostly Black men, including the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene.— A federal judge has refused to delay her order for Louisiana to redraw its congressional districts while the state's top elections official appeals.— A special Texas House committee met for the first time Thursday to investigate the Uvalde school massacre, including the much-criticized slow response by law enforcement.— AAA offices in Dallas, Texas say costs for refineries producing a more expensive “Summer Gas Blend” along with the war in Ukraine and inflation are contributing to the rising prices.

Louisiana’s top GOP lawmaker is weighing legislative action against Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards for what he has called “gross misconduct and the highest level of deceit” in his response to the deadly 2019 arrest of Black Motorist Ronald Greene. Members of Louisiana's congressional delegation say the state is expected to eventually get $111 million to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells under the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. A record-breaking 1.8 million Texans signed up for 2022 health care coverage through the online marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act.

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.

NPR's Asma Khalid talks to former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti about what the decision to subpoena former Vice President Mike Pence means for the probe into former President Donald Trump.

Lawyers for the former president and the special counsel team argued before a federal appeals court about the scope of a gag order lodged against him. The court gave no timetable for a ruling.

Ahead of Virginia's statewide primaries, we visit the 7th Congressional District, which is slated to be a close contest in November. And we ask voters about the impact of the Jan. 6 hearings.

The House Jan. 6 committee presented testimony about the pressure campaign against former Vice President Mike Pence as former President Trump and his allies tried to overturn the 2020 election.