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How Trump avoided punishment for his felony convictions

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President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced in New York, months after a jury found him guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business documents to cover up an extramarital affair. The judge granted Trump an unconditional discharge, a sentence that affirms he’s a convicted felon, but one where he will face no further penalties, fines or any time in jail. William Brangham reports.
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TikTok's future now in hands of Supreme Court

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In a matter of days, one of the most popular social media apps in the country could pull the plug if the Supreme Court doesn’t grant it a legal reprieve. Concerns about TikTok's Chinese ownership led Congress to pass a law that would ban it in the United States unless its parent company sells it. John Yang discussed more with PBS News Supreme Court analyst Marcia Coyle and NPR's Bobby Allyn.
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Brooks and Capehart on Trump's sentencing and his 2nd term

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New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including President-elect Trump's sentencing in New York, Trump's comments about claiming Greenland and the Panama Canal and the state funeral for President Carter.
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Critics say not enough U.S. aid is reaching African farmers

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One of the biggest challenges facing sub-Saharan African nations is how to help farmers withstand climate and economic headwinds and produce food for a growing population. Critics say most U.S. aid dollars are going to U.S.-based companies with little involvement by locally-led groups closest to the problem. Fred de Sam Lazaro looks at two food startups in Ghana for his series, Agents for Change.
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LA faces apocalyptic devastation as wildfires still burn

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Firefighters continue to battle multiple major fires in the Los Angeles area. At least 5 people have been killed, a number officials expect to rise, and 180,000 are under evacuation orders. The fires that started on Tuesday are now among the most destructive in California state history and thousands of buildings and structures have been destroyed already. Stephanie Sy reports.
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A look at Southern California's fire response and resources

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Many questions are being asked about the response to the deadly wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Amna Nawaz discussed some of those concerns with Juliette Kayyem, a former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security and faculty chair of the Homeland Security program at Harvard’s Kennedy School.
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News Wrap: Venezuela's opposition leader arrested

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In our news wrap Thursday, Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was arrested while leaving an anti-government protest in Caracas, Lebanon's parliament elected a new president, Gaza health officials say the death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has now topped 46,000 people and Defense Secretary Austin announced details of a $500 million aid package to Ukraine.
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How Carter's life of service and humanitarianism will be recognized

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Former President Jimmy Carter was remembered Thursday with a state funeral in Washington. To discuss Carter's life and legacy, Geoff Bennett and Amna Nawaz spoke with Judy Woodruff, who has covered Carter since before he was elected president, presidential historian Barbara Perry of the University of Virginia and Stuart Eizenstat, who was a domestic policy adviser to President Carter.
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Jimmy Carter remembered and honored at state funeral in Washington

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Thursday marked a National Day of Mourning for the funeral and burial of the late President Jimmy Carter. It was also a day to remember and celebrate the life and legacy of the nation's 39th president, a man who served only one term but forged an enduring legacy as a selfless humanitarian and a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Laura Barrón-López reports.
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Biden announces final Ukraine aid before Trump takes office

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With less than two weeks left in office, the Biden administration is announcing its final shipment of weapons for Ukraine. The White House believes nearly all of this $500 million worth of weapons will arrive before the inauguration of Donald Trump, whose Ukraine envoy said they will aim for a solution within his first 100 days in office. Nick Schifrin reports.
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News Wrap: DOJ plans partial release of Trump Jan. 6 report

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In our news wrap Wednesday, the Justice Department plans to release special counsel Jack Smith's findings on Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, Greenland's finance minister pushed back over Trump's comments about taking control of the territory and the Israeli military says it's recovered the body of a hostage inside an underground tunnel in Gaza.
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Buttigieg recaps transportation infrastructure improvements

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The tenure of Pete Buttigieg atop the Department of Transportation is coming to an end this month at a critical juncture for many of the industries the agency oversees. Buttigieg juggled crises in the rail and airline industries and oversaw the distribution of billions of dollars in funding from Biden’s infrastructure bill. Geoff Bennett sat down with Buttigieg as he prepares to leave office.
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Syria's Alawites face uncertain future after fall of Assad

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As Syria emerges from decades of dictatorship, people in the Assad family's ancestral home of Latakia province are both overjoyed and anxious. Assad and his family are Alawite, an offshoot of Shia Islam, and the people of his former region fear the new Sunni-controlled government will target them. Leila Molana-Allen reports from Assad’s hometown, a crumbling vestige of the regime.
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Is U.S. foreign aid for health care being used effectively?

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The vast majority of foreign aid administered by the U.S. Agency for International Development goes through middlemen, international aid agencies or U.S.-based private companies that then distribute the assistance. Critics say the system leaves out many deserving locally-led startups and non-government groups. Fred de Sam Lazaro explores the field of health care for his series, Agents for Change.
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Minneapolis agrees to federal oversight of its police

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The U.S. has long been one of the world’s largest donors of foreign aid. But in recent years, its effectiveness has been called into question by a chorus of critics who say the impact of assistance programs falls well short of their intended goals. They blame what some have called the "aid industrial complex." Fred de Sam Lazaro reports for his series, Agents for Change.
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Activists in Iran describe threats they face for protesting

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France’s foreign minister said three French detainees being held by Iran face conditions that fall within the definition of torture. Human rights groups have long decried how Iran treats its prisoners. Nick Schifrin and producers spoke to protestors inside Iran, especially female demonstrators, who have paid a heavy price in and out of jail, but remain undaunted.
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