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Attorney General Merrick Garland says he personally approved a search of former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and has filed a motion to unseal the search warrant. He also defends the FBI and the Justice Department.

President Biden signs the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act into law. One of the law’s goals aims to spur more production of U.S. made semiconductors. Since the pandemic there’s been a shortage because of global supply chain issues.

Join us with your calls and comments on social media as we review the latest news headlines out of Washington.

Join us with your calls and comments on social media as we review the latest news headlines out of Washington.

Grammy Award winner and Public Enemy co-founder Chuck D discussed the music of social change and his “Songs That Shook the Planet” project. The National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC, hosted this event.

Is Pat Nixon an unheralded first lady? The First Ladies Association for Research & Education convenes scholars to address that question, with a focus on Mrs. Nixon’s little known diplomacy and work to get more women into government roles.

Historian David Hackett Fischer talks about how people from different parts of Africa influenced regional cultures in the United States.

Afghanistan War veteran Jason Kander, who served in the Missouri state legislature and as Missouri’s secretary of state, talks about living with PTSD and how it affected his run for mayor of Kansas City in 2018.

Chicago emergency room doctor Thomas Fisher talks about providing patient care during the Covid-19 pandemic and describes the challenges physicians and patients face navigating the American healthcare system.

Counterterrorism analyst Malcolm Nance looks at the January 6th attack on the Capitol & argues that another attack on U.S. soil is possible.