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As he campaigns, Trump has been leaning into his narrative of Jan. 6

Donald Trump launched his election campaign a year ago in Waco, Texas — a place linked with extremists. Experts say it marked an embrace of far-right narratives central to his White House bid.

Fake pill bottles with messages about OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma were displayed during a protest outside the courthouse where the bankruptcy of the company was taking place in White Plains, N.Y. in 2021.

Supreme Court temporarily blocks $6 billion Purdue Pharma-Sackler bankruptcy

Supreme Court's decision to review the controversial bankruptcy deal involving the maker of Oxycontin means the settlement will remain on hold at least through December.

Some Trump voters express reservations with his sweeping Jan. 6 pardons

One Trump voter told NPR he supported pardons related to the Capitol attack, but has a tougher time reconciling pardons for rioters who were violent with police.

Senate Republicans have blocked a plan to establish an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The proposal would have created a body modeled on the one established to investigate the 9/11 attacks.

Senate Republicans Block A Plan For An Independent Commission On Jan. 6 Capitol Riot

The bipartisan measure, approved by the House, failed to win enough votes to overcome a GOP filibuster. The plan called for an independent body styled on the one that investigated the 9/11 attacks.

Jan. 6 panel member on the court filing alleging criminal conspiracy by Trump

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Democratic Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren of California about a new court filing from the House Jan. 6 committee.

Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, testified during the sixth hearing by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.

Hutchinson's bombshell Jan. 6 testimony sways legal experts and conservative media

The explosive testimony about former President Trump's actions on Jan. 6, 2021, has led to calls from some right-leaning outlets that Trump is unfit to serve in office.

Protesters storm the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

The White House authorizes the National Archives to share documents with Jan. 6 panel

Separately, the select committee investigating the Capitol riot indicated that former Trump strategist Steve Bannon is not planning to comply with the subpoena it issued to him.

South Korean soldiers patrol while hikers visit the DMZ Peace Trail in the Demilitarized Zone in Goseong, South Korea. A defector from North Korea was apprehended in Goseong last week after evading South Korean guards for hours.

North Korea Defector Swims To South, Evading Border Guards For 6 Hours

The man's daring escape, and the failure of South Korean guards to detect him, is the second embarrassing breach of the heavily fortified DMZ in recent months.

Federal judge rejects Trump's bid to block the release of Jan. 6 documents

A judge has denied former President Donald Trump's request to block documents from being handed over to a House committee investigating the riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Kylee Gray, a ranger with the Queensland Department of Environment and Science, holds a giant cane toad on Jan. 12 near Airlie Beach, Australia. The toad weighed 5.95 pounds.

Nearly 6-pound 'Toadzilla' found in Australia breaks the record for largest toad

Cane toads are notorious pests in Australia, colonizing habitats and poisoning other wildlife. Park rangers euthanized the 5.95-pound animal, whose body will be donated to the Queensland Museum.

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