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EU agrees to loan Ukraine $105B after bid to use Russian assets failsDec 19, 2025 7:07 pm - European leaders agreed Friday to finance Ukraine’s state and army with a $105 billion loan backed by the E.U. budget after the failure of a last-ditch effort to tap Russia’s frozen assets.
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PayPal applies to form its own bank to expand small-business lendingDec 19, 2025 12:51 pm - PayPal is seeking a banking charter that would allow it to boost its lending business, offer savings accounts that can earn interest and make customers’ deposits eligible for federal insurance coverage, the payments company said Monday.
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Please don’t call fangirls silly. They have more power than you think.Dec 19, 2025 12:24 pm - Superfans, in particular fangirls, are nothing new. Think of the photographs of young women screaming and fainting at the sight of the Beatles or Elvis. In her exuberant historical romp, “Swoon,” Bea Martinez-Gatell goes back even further, to the overheated admirers of the attractively unavailable Lord Byron.
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New clues about long COVID’s cause could unlock treatmentsDec 19, 2025 7:16 am - Why some people experience long-lasting physical and mental effects from COVID-19 could be linked to chronic inflammation, according to new research that experts say could help develop new treatments for the confounding condition that continues to afflict millions.
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Quest to slow aging leads scientists into the powerhouse of cellsDec 19, 2025 7:11 am - Scientists at Texas A and M University have discovered a way to recharge aging and damaged cells, an innovation that could lead to better treatment for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease, muscular dystrophy and fatty liver disease.
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Fast, harsh, alone: Trump beams into prime time with uncertain resultsDec 18, 2025 8:50 pm - President Donald Trump crammed his usual 90-minute rally routine into 18 minutes of prime-time broadcast television on Wednesday, perplexing “Survivor” finale viewers and his own allies alike.
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Trump will use military housing money for $1,776 Pentagon bonusesDec 18, 2025 8:44 pm - The Trump administration will repurpose $2.6 billion in military housing assistance to pay $1,776 “warrior dividend” bonuses to service members, according to a senior administration official.
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GOP signals end to probes into military’s killing of boat strike survivorsDec 18, 2025 8:23 pm - Top Republican lawmakers have signaled they are ending their inquiries into a controversial U.S. military strike on an alleged drug smuggling vessel in the waters off Venezuela.
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A divided EU races against time to tap Russian assets for UkraineDec 18, 2025 8:15 pm - European leaders are racing to push through plans to unlock Russia’s frozen assets before Ukraine runs out of money and before the United States and Russia decide to use the funds as part of negotiations on the war.
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HHS to revoke funding from hospitals offering youth gender transition careDec 18, 2025 7:43 pm - The Trump administration is moving to broadly curtail gender transition care for young people, proposing Thursday to eject medical providers from major federal health insurance programs if they provide services including hormone therapy or procedures such as mastectomies to children and teenagers.