NPR hearing puts spotlight on funding debate and past coverage, from Hunter Biden's laptop to COVID origins

NPR's news coverage was thrown into the spotlight last week after CEO Katherine Maher faced a grilling from GOP lawmakers about the outlet's coverage of important stories amid a debate about its public funding.

Maher was grilled by Congress as she tried to defend the outlet against Republican accusations and calls for its defunding. Maher conceded that NPR botched coverage of Hunter Biden's laptop, expressed regret about remarks she made about President Donald Trump before she ran the outlet...