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NPR's Steven Inskeep talks to ex-CIA officer John Sipher about his skepticism that a bipartisan commission put together by lawmakers will produce a full accounting of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Singer and songwriter Mia Doi Todd talks about her song "Digital" which is on her new album The Golden State, on Columbia Records.

Two hundred years ago today, the United States signed the Louisiana Purchase Treaty. For about 4 cents an acre, America more than doubled its size, helping fulfill Thomas Jefferson's dreams for westward expansion -- all without the firing of a single shot. All Things Considered commemorates one of the sweetest real-estate deals of the millennium.

Two years ago, rioters who supported Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in order to overturn the 2020 presidential election. It has taken time to hold people accountable.

Pao has been at the center of a controversy following the still-unexplained dismissal of a popular figure in the site's r/IAmA section. She is being replaced by Steve Huffman, the site's original CEO.

More land has been purchased by Florida for preservation.

Lynn Neary speaks with Stefan Fatsis, Wall Street Journal sportswriter, about black billionaire Robert Johson's purchase of a future National Basketball Association franchise in Charlotte, NC. He's the first black person to be a primary owner of a major sports franchise.

There is a wealth of music, along with music-related artifacts and conversation, on the Internet, but the companies that control these vast resources don't always prioritize permanence.

The U.S. Copyright Office has given final approval to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The record and publishing industries lobbied heavily for it. The American Library Association, the Association of American Universities and the Commerce Department opposed it. What will it mean for the future of sharing information in the digital age? NPR's Rick Karr reports.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports on a provision in the 2001 federal budget that requires Medicare to pay twice the usual rate if doctors use a new technology -- digital mammography -- to test for breast cancer. Proponents say digital mammograms provide a better image. But critics say the provision benefits General Electric, the maker of the technology, more than it helps patients.