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Gun manufacturers have taken in more than $1 billion from selling the weapons over the past decade, at times marketing them as a way for young men to prove their masculinity.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection will hear from former Justice Department officials who faced down a relentless pressure campaign from then-President Donald Trump over the 2020 election results. The hearings are scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. CT.

Today, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol will focus on former President Donald Trump's efforts to pressure state officials to overturn the 2020 election results. NPR's livestream starts at noon CT.

The committee transported the audience back to Jan. 6 with video of what happened that day. It also made a strong case that former President Donald Trump was responsible for what happened.

Sens. Murkowski and Romney said they'll vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson after the Judiciary Committee reached an 11-11 tie along party lines to advance her nomination to the Senate.

Johnson did not make her retirement official until November, setting off an abridged scramble to set up campaigns ahead of the December filing deadline but attracting a packed lineup of experienced candidates who are either well connected, well known or well funded.

Crockett is running for the seat vacated by Eddie Bernice Johnson, who announced Saturday that she would not seek reelection in the 30th Congressional District after serving nearly three decades in Congress. The seat is solidly Democratic.

After months of contentious negotiations, the U.S. House passed the Build Back Better plan. It would establish universal pre-K and provide funding to combat climate change, among other things.

Witnesses — including members of Congress, OB-GYNs and Gloria Steinem — spoke before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform in favor of passing federal legislation to supersede Texas' six-week abortion ban and ensure access to reproductive health care services.

Democrats voted to approve legislation named after the late civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis. It's aimed at protecting the right to vote, but the bill faces steep Republican opposition in the Senate.

The House select committee on the Jan. 6 insurrection is holding its first hearing. The committee has been plagued with partisan conflict but is pushing forward to investigate the events leading up to and during the riot at the U.S. Capitol. Watch the hearing live.

Three of the Democratic legislators who went to Washington, D.C., to deny the Texas House a quorum have been invited to detail their concerns at a specially called hearing on the contentious legislation that includes new restrictions on voting.