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Steve Bannon, who was chief strategist for former President Donald Trump, appears on a video screen above members of the House committee that's investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, during a hearing on July 12. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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Steve Bannon goes on trial for defying Jan. 6 panel subpoena

The former Trump adviser faces two counts of contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

Brazilian scientist Sotiris Missailidis heads research and development at his country's premier agency for vaccine development, the Bio-Manguinhos Fiocruz Foundation. He's been a key advocate for shifting Brazil's strategy toward inventing its own vaccines. Ian Cheibub for NPR hide caption

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A dire moment in the pandemic ... was the chance he'd been waiting for

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Steve Bannon, who was chief strategist for former President Donald Trump, appears on a video screen above members of the House committee that's investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, during a hearing on July 12. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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Steve Bannon goes on trial for defying Jan. 6 panel subpoena

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A teenage girl wearing a face mask, head scarf and long black robe listens to a math teacher at a tutoring center in Kabul. The center was established by a women's rights activist to circumvent a Taliban ban on girls attending secondary school. The activist said she has informal permission by Taliban authorities to run the center as long as teenage girls abide by a strict dress code. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption

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Secret schools enable Afghanistan's teen girls to skirt Taliban's education ban

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James McNeill Whistler's Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl, 1861–1863 National Gallery of Art hide caption

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Whistler's Mother, meet Whistler's very, very close friend at the National Gallery

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Mementos decorate a makeshift memorial to shooting victims outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The Uvalde shooting shows that gun laws do matter, says official who worked on report

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