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Statistically, there’s a good chance you know somebody who has experienced Long COVID, the name for chronic symptoms including fatigue, brain fog, and pain following a case of COVID-19. About 14% of U.S. adults report having had Long COVID at

The White House has reached what it says is an historic agreement over the restoration of salmon in the Pacific Northwest, a deal that could end for now a decades long legal battle with tribes. (Image credit: Jackie Johnson/AP)

The White House has reached what it says is an historic agreement over the restoration of salmon in the Pacific Northwest, a deal that could end for now a decades long legal battle with tribes. (Image credit: Jackie Johnson/AP)

Tribes celebrate historic deal with White House that could save Pacific Northwest salmon  NPR

NPR producer Anas Baba was one of the first to arrive at the scene of an Israeli strike at Al-Shaboura Camp in Rafah, which Israel struck after telling people in Khan Younis to flee there for safety.

EU agrees to open membership negotiations with Ukraine, Moldova  The Associated Press E.U. Leaders Agree to Open Membership Talks With Ukraine  The New York Times Scholz gets Orbán out the room to open Ukraine’s membership talks  POLITICO Europe Ukraine’s European allies are letting

First lady Jill Biden blasted over ‘bizarre’ White House Christmas video: ‘United States of Bananas’  Fox News Jill Biden releases White House Christmas video featuring tap dancers performing “The Nutcracker”  CBS News Jill Biden shares video of 2023 White House Christmas decorations  The

White House agitates allies with major border concessions as it races to get Ukraine aid deal  CNN White House open to new border expulsion law, mandatory detention and increased deportations in talks with Congress  CBS News White House urges Congress to stop

Shibley Telhami, director of the University of Maryland Critical Issues poll talks about the survey of middle east scholars about self-censoring themselves during the war between Hamas and Israel.

Congress is departing Washington without a deal to pass wartime support for Ukraine. But Senate negotiators and the Biden’s administration are still racing to wrap up a border security compromise to unlock the stalemate before the end of the year.