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The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol issued a wave of record requests to eight federal agencies, including any communications by Rudy Giuliani and Ivanka Trump.

The Australian government says it's simply protecting the country's borders during the pandemic.

Two U.S. senators say the Russian government has denied them visas to travel to Russia. At the same time, prominent Russians say they are having trouble securing U.S. visas.

The U visa program was created to both help law enforcement solve crimes and protect the immigrant crime victims reporting them. But it puts applicants in limbo for years, unable to work legally.

Also: Japan commemorates the WW2 Battle of Okinawa; a short radar failure briefly grounds all flights in New Zealand; and a solar storm could mean dramatic skies at sunset tonight.

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The leader of the far-right Proud Boys and four associates have been charged with seditious conspiracy related to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

Visa, MasterCard and some of the largest banks in the country have agreed to pay more than $6 billion to settle a lawsuit that claimed they conspired to fix credit card payment fees. The suit was brought on behalf of seven million merchants. The agreement could have wide-ranging implications for retailers and consumers. Steve Henn talks to Melissa Block.

A bill in the U.S. Senate would allow for 4,000 visas, but as Dorian Merina reports for the American Homefront Project, critics say that's not nearly enough.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Delano Franklin from the Harvard Crimson about an incoming freshman from Lebanon who was intercepted at Boston's airport, questioned and sent home.