Pandemic-related fraud totaled billions. California is trying to get some of it back A special task force is investigating claims and freezing accounts to determine who legitimately qualifies for the relief money. About $20 billion in unemployment money was stolen by criminals. Eric Westervelt
An analyst is acquitted of lying to the FBI over the Trump-Russia 'Steele dossier' A jury acquitted think tank analyst Igor Danchenko, who was accused of lying to the FBI about his role in the creation of a discredited dossier about former President Donald Trump. The Associated Press
French cement giant pleads guilty to ISIS payments, agrees to pay $800M in penalties Under an agreement with the Justice Department, Lafarge also pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to provide material support to designated foreign terrorist organizations. Ryan Lucas
Supreme Court declines to consider challenge to racist citizenship laws The action dashes hopes of American Samoans who were seeking birthright citizenship and leaves intact a decision that breathed new life into distinctions between U.S. states and territories. Jess Zalph
DOJ calls for six-month sentence for Trump ally Steve Bannon The Justice Department said in a court filing it wants to see the former Trump adviser sentenced to six months in prison for not complying with the Jan. 6 Committee's investigation. Ximena Bustillo
When murals depict traumatic history, schools must decide what stays on the wall Students of color at a high school, a law school and two universities have objected to the way historical murals have portrayed Native Americans and African Americans. Jon Kalish
Google is now distributing Truth Social, Trump's Twitter alternative It is an about-face for the tech giant, which had blocked Trump's social media app from Google Play, its app store, over content that can incite violence. Bobby Allyn
How Jack Baker and Michael McConnell became husbands in 1971 In this week's StoryCorps, we hear from two gay men who managed to get married in 1971 — long before same-sex marriage was legal.
Supreme Court turns away Trump objections in Mar-a-Lago classified documents case The court's action was announced even as the Jan. 6 committee was conducting its last public hearing focused on Trump's role in the violence at the Capitol after the election. Nina Totenberg
The committee investigating the insurrection could present new testimony NPR's A Martínez talks to Denver Riggleman, a former Republican congressman and Jan. 6 committee adviser, about the House panel's upcoming hearing into the attack on the U.S. Capitol.