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WASHINGTON — Republican senators are accusing the Biden administration of using $39 billion meant to build computer chip factories to push “woke” ideas such as requiring some recipients to offer child care and encouraging the use of union labor.

Head, yes, sir. >> reporter: randi kaye, cnn, walterboro, south carolina. kobe bryants widow just settled her lawsuit against los angeles county over crash scene pictures. plus federal money for computer chip makes comes with strings attached. and instead of dodging bombs on the battle field, they are looking for them. >> this was a russian position, russian trenches. and now hes guys are working through here methodically looking for mines for booby traps. with the freestyle libre 2 system...

Big strings are attached to funding for chip makers, meant to bolster Democratic priorities including child care for workers and discouragement of stock buybacks.

A sprawling new program for the semiconductor industry is foremost about national security, but it will try to advance other priorities as well

As these two states fight for dominion over global capitalism, it's time to unite for collective liberation.

The administration says the conditions it has attached to $40 billion in new subsidies will help U.S. semiconductor makers compete globally. Some economists disagree.

The move seeks to help more women join the work force as industry leaders complain of labor shortages.

In return for vast subsidies, the Biden administration is asking the chip industry to make promises about its workers and finances.

Semiconductor companies, which united to get the CHIPS Act approved, have set off a lobbying frenzy as they argue for more cash than their competitors.

Airtime. what kind of consequences, how do you see this playing out? >> its not easy to see exactly what they mean by that. i think that the truth is were china to start aiding russia in a significant way, it would be a game changer. the russians are running out of supplies, theyre running out of missile. theyre running out of hi-tech gear. china could fill many of those gaps, not all those gaps. and the state of u.s.-china relations is so bad, its not clear what the chinese have to fear. the bi...