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Sen. Bernie Sanders is the favorite, but does Elizabeth Warren peel away some progressives after a fiery debate performance? Former Vice President Biden has a lot on the line — and a lot to prove.

A tumultuous decade in politics saw everything from the presidency and reelection of the first black president to the rise of the Tea Party and the improbable election of Donald Trump as president.

NPR's Steven Inskeep talks to ex-CIA officer John Sipher about his skepticism that a bipartisan commission put together by lawmakers will produce a full accounting of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Also: South Africa's governing party recalls President Zuma; the heads of U.S. intelligence agencies will speak to a Senate panel today; and no, a dog can't run for Kansas governor.

Cheney, vice chair of the House select committee, will make a statement at Thursday's primetime hearing and lead the questioning of witnesses. Breaking with her party may cost Cheney her House seat.

The party should have enough seats to form a coalition that would keep the country in the eurozone. Its victory is likely to ease some of the concerns over a potential Greek exit, and the implications of such a move on the fragile global economy.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Tim Alberta of The Atlantic about the split in the Republican Party as former president Donald Trump continues to exercise his influence over it.

All large classes elected to Congress want to change Washington. The Tea Party has found that there are all kinds of tripwires built into the American system of checks and balances that prevent newcomers from quickly remaking the political culture into their own image.

Voters in Austria totally rejected the mainstream parties in the first round of presidential elections, so the two candidates in Sunday's runoff are from the political fringe, including one from the far right.

Mitt Romney's campaign is calling President Obama a redistributionist as a way to change the "47 percent" discussion. But in fact, taking from some and giving to others is a concept long enshrined in the nation's tax code.