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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.

President-elect Biden and Democrats in Congress have called Trump's insistence that the election was rigged the "big lie." The term has roots in Nazi Germany and echoes throughout fascist states.

Clara Jean Ester was a college student in 1968 when she saw Martin Luther King Jr. give his final speech. A day later, Ester was at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., when he was assassinated.

Some Republicans who voted to impeach President Trump are facing strong criticism from their constituents. In South Carolina, Republicans believe Rep. Tom Rice will lose to a GOP challenger next year.

After big tech firms cut ties with Parler following the attack on the U.S. Capitol, NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Amy Peikoff, Parler's chief policy officer, about its role in promoting misinformation.

There is a high rate of coronavirus among inmates at Alaska's prisons. State health officials say the general prison population should begin to receive coronavirus vaccinations in mid-February.

They say new police and surveillance powers could, if history is a guide, be used against Blacks and other people of color in the justice system, not the white rioters who stormed the Capitol.

"It's only a matter of time, justice is coming," Jacob Chansley, the "QAnon Shaman," said in a hand-written note to Vice President Mike Pence.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with journalist Imara Jones about how increased transgender representation in media and politics impacts the trans community.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Ark., vice chair of the National Governors Association, about governors nationwide preparing for unrest ahead of the inauguration.