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Lawmakers are embroiled in a dayslong stalemate over electing the next speaker of the House. Kevin McCarthy starts a third day facing a group of fellow Republicans who object to him.

House Jan. 6 committee member Rep. Pete Aguilar, a Democrat from California, reflects on Monday's final hearing and the report summing up more than a year of investigation into what led up to the Jan. 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill.

The National Association of Realtors has reached a national settlement that could change the way real estate agents are paid. Critics say the current system keeps commissions artificially high.

"For most people, Jan. 6 happened for a few hours," U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell said in the select committee hearing. "But for those of us who were in the thick of it, it has not ended."

Since the Capitol riot in January, threats against members of Congress have increased. Lawmakers from both parties are adjusting safety precautions.

The Jan. 6 committee hearings are getting a lot of attention, but polls show Americans are essentially evenly split over whether former President Donald Trump should be indicted.

After a probe that lasted over a year, the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack is winding down with the release of its full report, seen as one of its final duties.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Hamed Aleaziz of the Los Angeles Times about the information of more than 6,000 people in ICE custody that was mistakenly revealed to the public.

The number of people on the planet is growing at the fastest rate in history. U.N. demographers say the world's population will be up by 4 billion at the end of the century.

Levels of methane have increased particularly quickly since 2020. Livestock account for about 32% of human-caused methane emissions, the U.N. Environment Program says.