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1. Border Patrol left Charlotte. The damage stayed behind.

   The Border Patrol's enforcement surge in Charlotte, N.C. lasted just about a week. Residents picking up the pieces in its aftermath say doing so is going to take a lot longer than that.

2. Useful tips from NPR's most popular self-help stories of the year

   A roundup of good advice from Life Kit's 10 most read stories of 2025. Find out which foods support better sleep, how to be happier and how to graciously accept compliments.

3. Afghan CIA fighters, like National Guard attack suspect, face stark reality in U.S.

   The fighters led by the CIA found themselves spiraling into despair because of what they saw as bureaucratic neglect and abandonment by the U.S. government. Among their ranks was Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the man charged with killing one National Guard soldier and seriously injuring a second after opening fire on them in Washington, D.C. on Thanksgiving Eve.

4. Trump's SAVE tool is looking for noncitizen voters. But it's flagging U.S. citizens too

   Anthony Nel, of Texas, became a U.S. citizen as a teen. But a flaw in a Trump administration citizenship tool flagged him as a potential noncitizen, which led to his voter registration being canceled.

5. How Trump is remaking one agency to aid his deportation push

   The Trump administration's changes to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are taking an axe to the agency's traditional mission of ensuring people lawfully immigrate and stay in the U.S.

6. Education Department recalls fired attorneys amid civil rights complaint backlog

   The department said recalling these fired staffers would "bolster and refocus" civil rights enforcement "in a way that serves and benefits parents, students, and families."

7. A divided Fed is expected to cut rates for a 3rd straight time

   The Fed is expected to lower its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point — but with inflation stubbornly high and mixed signals from the job market, it could be a split decision.

8. Brett Cooper says she makes up her own mind — about Trump and everything else

   NPR's Steve Inskeep asks conservative commentator Brett Cooper about her YouTube following, her recent criticisms of President Trump and her opinion of Nick Fuentes.

9. Feeling burned out? There's a word for that in Mandarin Chinese

   How an obscure term used in anthropology leaped from the pages of academia into the Chinese meme world and then became part of Chinese government policymaking.

10. Democrat wins Miami mayor's race for the first time in nearly 30 years

    Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor's race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party's nearly three-decade losing streak.