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  • Nevada caucus volunteers receive training for recording results Thursday in Las Vegas.
    6 Things To Watch In The Nevada Caucuses
    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.
  • Congress and the media after Jan. 6
    NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kadia Goba, political reporter for BuzzFeed News, and Paul Kane, senior congressional correspondent and columnist for The Washington Post, about covering Congress.
  • A student at the coder boot camp at General Assembly in New York City learns more than "Hello, world."
    12 Weeks To A 6-Figure Job
    With that pitch, coder boot camps are poised to get much, much bigger. Is this a new education delivery system?
  • Bank of America's corporate center in Charlotte, N.C.
    Bank Of America To Pay Fannie Mae $3.6B, Buy Back $6.75B In Mortgages
    The agreement resolves claims against the bank about mortgage-backed securities it sold before the housing bust. Many weren't worth what was promised. Also today, BofA and other banks are expectd to settle claims related to alleged foreclosure abuses.
  • Jason Dean received six stitches and a tetanus shot after he cut his knee in May. In August, his wife, DeeAnn, feared going to the same emergency room where he was treated, delaying her diagnosis of Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
    The ER charged him $6,589.77 for 6 stitches, a cost that led his wife to avoid the ER
    With few options for health care in their rural community, a Tennessee couple's experience with one outrageous bill could have led to a deadly delay when they needed help the most.
  • The Italian-built Lamborghini Aventador costs nearly $400,000. The money spent on election 2012 — for TV ads and other things — could theoretically get you more than 15,000 of these V12 cars. But that's a lot more than <a href="http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2012/07/lamborghini-aventador-reaches-production-milestone.html#more-145476">have been built</a>.
    What Else Could $6 Billion Buy?
    The cost of the 2012 election will top a record $6 billion, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. If you find it difficult to visualize that figure, here are a few other ways to think about what $6 billion could buy.
  • Televised hearings investigating Jan. 6 begin
    The first primetime televised hearing by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection was held on Capitol Hill on Thursday.
  • Televised hearings investigating Jan. 6 begin
    The first primetime televised hearing by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection was held on Capitol Hill on Thursday.
  • WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 27: U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) listens to testimony during a hearing by the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S.
    The latest progress in the investigation into the January 6 insurrection
    NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with January 6th Select Committee member Congressman Jamie Raskin about the latest efforts to subpoena former Trump officials.
  • Cost of Frances Could Hit $6 Billion
    As Florida residents continue the post-hurricane clean up, economists are tabulating the overall cost of Frances. Government and insurance industry officials estimate the insured losses from the storm will fall somewhere between $3 billion and $6 billion. NPR's David Schaper reports.
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