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The announcement came after some family members of victims of the shooting at Robb Elementary School protested and even camped out at the district headquarters demanding accountability from the law enforcement agencies that responded to the shooting.

Democrats in Texas have been calling for new police reforms in the state. Some lawmakers say requiring insurance for police officers might be less challenging than passing legislation to end qualified immunity.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Rashad Robinson, the president of the racial justice advocacy group Color of Change, about Biden's pledge to improve accountability for law enforcement.

Republican Glenn Hegar is seeking his third term. He’s running against Democrat Janet Dudding, a certified public accountant.

The collapse of FTX, one of the most prominent platforms for crypto exchange, left investors unable to access their money. And it's shaking crypto investors' confidence more broadly.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Domingo Morel, associate professor at New York University about the state of Texas' takeover of Houston's independent school district.

The 16th largest bank in the country failed. Then, the government said it was taking over another big bank. NPR takes a look at the financial institution that set this all off — Silicon Valley Bank.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Virginia Canter, chief ethics counsel for the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, about whether the justices have gone far enough.

In Iran Wednesday, thousands of people marched in protest of last weekend's election results. The ongoing support for reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is the most dramatic political uprising in Iran since 1979. The Iranian government is trying to block media coverage of the protests. Newsweek's Middle East correspondent Babak Dehghanpisheh offers his insight.

President-elect Barack Obama says he is "certain" his staff had no role in the filling of his former Senate seat. The remarks came in a news conference called to name former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle as his secretary of health and human services.