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NPR | By Asma Khalid

Published December 23, 2024 at 4:23 AM EST

Biden commutes the sentences of 37 people on federal death row. NIH invests $300 million to research treatments for long COVID. Officials in Lebanon assess war's damage to cultural heritage sites.

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Asma Khalid is a White House correspondent for NPR. She also co-hosts The NPR Politics Podcast.

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