25 Jul 2023

USA correspondent Ron Elving

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 25 July 2023
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: A pro-Trump mob enters the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. A group of Republican senators said they would reject the Electoral College votes of several states unless Congress appointed a commission to audit the election results.   Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Photo: Win McNamee / Getty Images via AFP

The latest on investigations into Donald Trump's role in January 6 Capitol riot.. He's the first former president in US history to be indicted and is awash with legal trouble as he campaigns to return to the White House, There is an argument in the House over whether to "expunge" his two impeachments.  The movie Barbie brings in $155 million in its first weekend, ahead of Oppenheimer. Ron says together "Barbenheimer" raked nearly a quarter of a billion at the box office one weekend which is good news for Hollywood and the entertainment industry beset by strikes. And the Federal Reserve is expected to bump rates up a quarter point later this week.

Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News.