Axios

The fourth public hearing this month by the January 6th committee focused on how former President Trump and key allies put pressure on election officials, to promote the lie that there was widespread election fraud in 2020. Many of the witnesses testified on the personal toll that Trump’s lies were taking on them and their families.

• Plus: new details of the failed response in Uvalde.
• And: how companies can think differently to get and keep workers today.

Guests: Axios' Alayna Treene and Jim VandeHei.

Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Lydia McMullen-Laird and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.

Go Deeper:

• Jan 6. panel witnesses recount post-election threats of violence
• Texas claims "abject failure" by Uvalde cops
• The rise of aspirational capitalism
• America's workers are up for grabs

South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg (R) was convicted Tuesday in his impeachment trial over a 2020 car crash in which he hit and killed a pedestrian, the Argus Leader reports.

Why it matters: Ravnsborg, who initially said he thought he hit a deer and maintains that he did not lie, is the first official to be impeached and convicted in state history.

A record number of LGBTQ candidates are running for all levels of office this year, with a 20% increase in LGBTQ candidates for Congress compared to 2020.

• Plus: a big weekend of international elections.
• And: DACA, 10 years after it began.

Guests: Axios' Sophia Cai; and journalist and founder of Define American, Jose Antonio Vargas.

Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Lydia McMullen-Laird and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.

Go Deeper:

• A record number of LGBTQ candidates are running for Congress
• Texas GOP goes full MAGA at 2022 convention
• Israel coalition agrees to dissolve parliament and hold early elections
• Colombia elects Gustavo Petro as country's first leftist president
• Macron loses absolute parliamentary majority, early results show