Hegseth Scrutiny, Jan 6th Pipe Bomb Suspect, Texas Redistricting Ruling
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🗓️ 5 December 2025
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Summary
Federal agents arrested a Virginia man accused of planting the Jan. 6 pipe bombs after a years-long investigation that uncovered new forensic leads.
And the Supreme Court cleared Texas to use a Republican-drawn congressional map that could shift multiple House seats and reshape the 2026 midterms.
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| 0:00.0 | Lawmakers saw video of a second U.S. strike on a boat in the Caribbean. |
| 0:06.3 | And the public has seen a report on the Defense Secretary sharing sensitive information. |
| 0:11.2 | What have we learned? And what questions remain? |
| 0:14.0 | I'm Michelle Martin with Steve Inskeep, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:20.8 | Federal agents accused a suspect of planting two pipe bombs on the eve of the January |
| 0:25.5 | 6th attack on the Capitol. |
| 0:27.2 | Let me be clear. |
| 0:28.0 | There was no new tip. |
| 0:29.7 | There was no new witness. |
| 0:31.8 | Just good, diligent police work. |
| 0:35.3 | What led investigators to him? |
| 0:37.1 | Also, the Supreme Court overturned a lower court to side with Texas Republicans. |
| 0:41.1 | The lower court found that a new congressional map probably discriminated by race. |
| 0:46.2 | What reasons did the court give to set that aside? |
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| 1:13.7 | Members of Congress have now seen a video showing the second U.S. strike on a boat in the Caribbean. |
| 1:19.4 | Democrats and Republicans interpreted it differently, but a few things became clear. |
| 1:23.7 | Democrats said they were disturbed by the second hit on a boat allegedly carrying drugs, |
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