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Forget the Build Back Better bill or the Jan. 6 investigation. Right now, some members of Congress seem to be more focused on the holiday decorations outside their Capitol Hill offices.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on "The Virgin and Child with a Flower on a Grassy Bank," by Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer. The previously unknown drawing was unveiled this week in London.

Scott Simon talks with Capitol police officer Harry Dunn about some of the revelations coming out of the Congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.

Scott Simon talks to Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant about COVID's impact on game schedules and the exit of NFL coach Urban Meyer.

Coronavirus cases are beginning to surge again in the U.S., just weeks after the discovery of the omicron variant. Data from the U.K. shows it is even more transmissible than delta.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Anthony Tommasini, chief classical music critic for The New York Times, about his storied career and pending retirement.

A famed Haitian soup has been awarded "protected cultural heritage status" by UNESCO. Scott Simon talks to Dominique Dupuy, Haitian ambassador to UNESCO about joumou.

The day after her beloved Baba Bazorg dies, a little girl remembers some of her favorite things about him: his striped slippers, the mints in his pockets and the fig cookies he always shared.

After a judge's ruling, the Missouri attorney general ordered schools and health districts to drop their mask mandates. But critics say he's misinterpreting the court decision for political gain.

It was another difficult weekend in western Kentucky as people try to recovery from devastating tornadoes. One complicating factor is the spreading omicron variant.