Politics

Michigan GOP candidate Ryan Kelley charged for Capitol riot role

By Ed White, Sara Burnett, Associated Press

Ryan Kelley, one of five Republican candidates for Michigan governor, has been charged with misdemeanors for his role in the 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

WATCH: Pelosi says House is ready to consider a Senate gun bill

By Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House stands ready to consider a gun bill from the Senate “if it’s life-saving and can make a difference.”…

Who are the witnesses testifying at the Jan. 6 hearings?

By Hannah Grabenstein, Kenichi Serino, Dan Cooney

For the past year, the House committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has conducted more than 1,000 interviews, seeking critical information and documents from people witness to, or involved in, the violence that day.

Who is Nick Quested and why did he testify in the Jan. 6 hearings?

By Hannah Grabenstein

Nick Quested, a documentary filmmaker who captured parts of the Jan. 6 insurrection, is among the first witnesses to testify before the House committee investigating the attack during its first hearing June 9.

Who is Caroline Edwards and why did she testify in the Jan. 6 hearings?

By Kenichi Serino

Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards is one of two witnesses who was called to testify June 9 at the first public hearing of the Jan. 6 Committee.

WATCH: Ahead of Jan. 6 hearings, McCarthy calls committee ‘least legitimate’ in American history

By Associated Press

Hours before the Jan. 6 committee opens its prime time hearings about the riot at the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy called it "the most political and least legitimate committee in American history."…

WATCH: COVID vaccines for young kids could be available within 2 weeks, Dr. Ashish Jha says

By News Desk and Associated Press

White House officials on Thursday will hold a briefing on COVID vaccine authorization for young kids.

House passes wide-ranging gun control bill in response to Buffalo, Uvalde shootings

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The House has passed a wide-ranging gun control bill in response to recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas.

WATCH: Senate Homeland Security committee holds hearing on white supremacist violence

By News Desk and Associated Press

The Senate Homeland Security committee held a hearing Thursday on white supremacist violence in the aftermath of the racially motivated massacre in Buffalo, New York.

Support for gun rights has eroded after nearly a decade of mass shootings, poll shows

By Laura Santhanam

With five months to go before this year’s midterm elections, voters say they are more likely to cast a ballot following last month’s mass shootings, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist Poll.