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Iowa's Republican-led Legislature passed a bill banning most abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy during a marathon session Tuesday. Gov. Kim Reynolds said she would sign the bill on Friday.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with political scientist Gayil Talshir of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem about the protests in Israel after the recovery of the bodies of six hostages.

The Trump administration is seeking to reinstate a ban on travel to the U.S. from six majority-Muslim countries. The ban's challengers will have until June 12 to respond to the government's petition.

Read the full transcript from the July 21 House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack hearing.

All that whipsawing on Wall Street in the first half of the year reflects real nervousness. Investors are worried the Fed may tip the economy into a recession.

Despite days of widespread incitement on social media in advance of the insurrection encouraging extremist Trump supporters to assault the U.S. Capitol, law enforcement was unprepared and overwhelmed.

No matter how much news and attention a congressional panel may generate, the ultimate effect depends on whether they alter the arc of a presidency or otherwise change the course of national history.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with religious studies scholar Matthew D. Taylor about his book "The Violent Take it By Force" and charismatic Christianity's role in U.S. politics.

ISIS fighters tore Kamo Zandinan's 4-year-old daughter Sonya from her arms in 2014. Zandinan, now a refugee in Canada, recently returned to Iraq to meet the 10-year-old girl she believes is Sonya.

Four officers who responded to the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol are giving testimony to the newly established, Democratic-led panel investigating the attack.