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Our long national nightmare is over. Beyonce has finally won the Grammy for Album of the Year. How and why did it take so long for Beyonce to win the top prize at Music's Biggest Night? We're talking about her big wins and breaking down the Grammys for Kendrick Lamar, Chapel Roan, and Sabrina Carpenter. Listen to the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast from NPR.
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson has been re-elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Here's NPR's Deidre Walsh.
Johnson was an early re-elected Speaker on the first ballot. Initially, three Republicans voted against him, but he convinced two of them, Ralph Norman of South Carolina and Keith Self of Texas, to vote against him. to change their votes. After he won, Johnson vowed to tackle a key priority his party focused on in the 2024 election.
We will act quickly and we will start by defending our nation's borders. That's the number one priority.
Because Republicans hold a narrow majority, Johnson could only afford one defection. The House has to approve a package of rules for how the chamber will operate. and then is expected to turn to border security legislation later this month. Deirdre Walsh, NPR News, the Capitol.
New Senate leader John Thune kicked off a new session today promising to preserve the filibuster, saying in his first floor speech as leader his priority would be to ensure the Senate stays the Senate. Thune and Senate Republicans are taking over a little more than two weeks before Donald Trump's inauguration.
Defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton will pay the federal government nearly $16 million to settle fraud allegations. The company allegedly used illegally obtained information to secure Defense Department contracts. Texas Public Radio's Paul Flavismore.
Prosecutors said Booz Allen used civilian government contractors to obtain confidential bidding and competitor proposal information to rig the bid in their favor for a flight simulator contract. In 2023, a San Antonio-based Air Force contractor, Kevin Seguin, was sentenced to 15 years in prison over the scheme.
He took bribes to influence $100 million in contracts over 10 years, said investigators. At least three others have been found criminally responsible for the fraud, including two Booz Allen Engineering Services program managers. The mega-defense contractor admitted no legal liability in this settlement.
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