Barbara Sprunt
Barbara Sprunt is a producer on NPR's Washington desk, where she reports and produces breaking news and feature political content. She formerly produced the NPR Politics Podcast and got her start in radio at as an intern on NPR's Weekend All Things Consideredand Tell Me Morewith Michel Martin. She is an alumnus of the Paul Miller Reporting Fellowship at the National Press Foundation. She is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., and a Pennsylvania native.
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President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration has been largely downsized because of the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns after the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6. -
South Carolina's Harrison raised a record amount of money in his unsuccessful attempt to unseat Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham.
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At least five U.S. Senators have called on Hawley to resign in the days following the breach of the Capitol by violent, pro-Trump extremists.
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Republican lawmakers have been urging President Trump to condemn violence since a mob of extremists stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. As the House moved to impeach him, Trump called for calm.
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The Ohio Democrat say investigators are looking into whether "potentially members of Congress" gave tours to pro-Trump rioters prior to the breach of the U.S. Capitol.
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The article cites "incitement of insurrection," charging that Trump's comments to supporters on Jan. 6 led to a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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The New York Democrat shared that she felt unsafe in the secure room where she was held with other lawmakers while the Capitol was under lockdown.
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Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., is the first member of House GOP leadership to publicly announce support of impeachment.
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Rep. Norma Torres, D-Calif., gave an impassioned account of the events that took place on Jan. 6, when a mob of pro-Trump extremists breached the Capitol and forced lawmakers into hiding.
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The bill cites President Trump's attempts to intervene in the vote-counting of the Nov. 3 election, as well as his inciting language to supporters in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6. Read the resolution.
