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FBI Director Christopher Wray is being questioned by lawmakers about the bureau's response to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and the rising threat from domestic violent extremists.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jonah Goldberg, conservative columnist and editor-in-chief of The Dispatch, about Rep. Liz Cheney's future in the Republican party following her primary loss in Wyoming.

Inflation cooled only slightly last month as the cost of housing, food and gas rose. Consumer prices in January were 6.4%, compared to a 6.5% inflation rate the month before.

Kunce chose the second anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection to make his announcement. Hawley received fierce criticism for his actions, from pumping his fist at in support of protesters before a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, to his decision to contest Biden's victory.

U.S. employers added 311,000 jobs in February, only a modest slowdown from the previous month, indicating the labor market remains hot. The unemployment rate rose to 3.6% from 3.4% in January.

Retail sales dipped 0.4% in February after a surprise start-of-the-year surge that appeared at odds with the Federal Reserve's goal of cooling down the economy.

Show highlights today on KRPS include The World at 3 p.m. We’ll travel to Thailand where a glut of US-made maraijuana is causing problems for both the government and drug lords.And…Join us for Fresh Air this evening at 7. Host Tonya Mosley speaks with superstar music producer Mark Ronson.

Show highlights today on KRPS include Symphonycast this afternoon at 1. GRAMMY®-nominated and internationally renowned pianist Joyce Yang joins the Nashville Symphony for Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor.And…Today, Explained at 3:30 will explore whether we’re experiencing extreme weather so far this summer. Smoke from wildfires in Canada has large parts of the U.S. under air quality warnings. Meanwhile, in Texas, there’s record-breaking heat. The new normal? Or just another week on earth.

The Labor Department says the U.S. economy lost more than a half-million jobs in November. It was the steepest drop in nearly a quarter-century. Figures show that 533,000 jobs were lost last month, pushing the unemployment rate to 6.7 percent. That's a 15-year high. It's proof that the recession, already a year old, is getting deeper.

The 71-year-old man accused in the fatal stabbing of the 6-year-old boy in Illinois, which also seriously wounded his mother, was motivated by the Israel-Hamas war, officials say.