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President-elect Trump's major cabinet nominations are in. Now it's up to the Senate to confirm them.

President Biden nominated Damian Williams to head the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan. If confirmed, Williams would be the first Black man to lead the office.

The co-hosts of the NPR Politics Podcast discuss compelling moments and takeaways from the first public hearing by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Kansas is the overall No. 1 seed. North Carolina got another of the top spots. The other No. 1s, Virginia and Oregon, were considered surprises in some circles. The 68-team tournament starts Tuesday.

NPR's Scott Simon asks ESPN's Michele Steele about who will be in and who will be out of the men's and women's college basketball tourney.

Due to COVID-19 postponements, the races known collectively as the World Marathon Majors, are all scheduled from Sept. 26 to Nov.7. It's an unprecedented crunch for both runners and wheelchair racers.

Kenneth Polite, head of the Criminal Division since July, wants to take the most dangerous people off the streets and spend more on preventing violence.

Spain has recorded more than 255,000 Venezuelans living in the country, with estimates even higher, as families flee the South American country in deep crisis.

Republican senators are now casting doubts on the new border security and foreign aid deal. Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy says they're caving to pressure from Trump to boost his reelection bid.

The agreement by the budget committee chairmen is no grand bargain. It's more like a minibargain. All the really hard stuff was sidestepped because the ideological rift between Washington Democrats and Republicans made it impossible to include those items.