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Economy: Black Friday bargain hunters are expected to be back in stores after two years of pandemic disruptions, but high gas and grocery prices are squeezing consumers.

Russia-Ukraine War: Russian forces stepped up their shelling of Kherson, killing seven people two weeks after troops retreated from the southern Ukrainian city.

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Lawmakers, agriculture groups and farmworker organizations are pushing the bill, which would provide a path to citizenship for about one million farmworkers and create a capped number of new year-round visas, report Kristina Peterson and Michelle Hackman. A version of the bill passed the House in March 2021, putting the Senate on the clock, since House Republicans are unlikely to bring it up in the next Congress.

• Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola Win Re-Election in Alaska (Read)

To maintain pandemic-era telehealth practices, more than 100 groups asked the Drug Enforcement Administration this month to create a registry of providers allowed to prescribe drugs online for conditions including opioid addiction, report Liz Essley White, Rolfe Winkler and Brianna Abbott. That would protect their operations when the Biden administration ends the Covid-19 public-health emergency, which is set to extend into spring.

The report, based on more than 1,000 interviews, videos of the attack and millions of documents, will be the final summation of the committee’s year-and-a-half investigation of the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, reports Scott Patterson. The report could include a criminal referral to the Justice Department for former President Donald Trump and allies of his who aided his attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election result.

• Justice Department Seeks to Speak to Mike Pence About Bid to Overturn Trump’s 2020 Loss (Read)

In other politics news...

• GOP Candidate for Arizona Attorney General Sues to Reverse Election (Read)

• Georgia’s Six-Week Abortion Ban Reinstated by State Supreme Court (Read)

• Biden Officials to Target Nonbanks for Tougher Oversight (Read)

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The gas-price debates mark the latest attempt to hash out Europe’s next steps in responding to an energy crisis spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its throttling of natural-gas supplies to the continent, reports Kim Mackrael.

• EU Struggles to Agree on G-7 Price Cap for Russian Oil (Read)

In other economic news...

• China Recovery Set Back by Record Covid Outbreak as Lockdowns Spread (Read)

• The Numbers: If the Price Ended in 99, You Probably Overpaid (Read)

• Fed Minutes Show Most Officials Favored Slowing Rate Rises Soon (Read)

Many of the subpoenas seek business, bank and trust records that people familiar with the mattter say would help prosecutors cut through layers of complex ownership structures meant to obscure oligarchs’ holdings, reports Ian Talley. The actions across several federal courts are part of a broad Western effort to coerce Russia into pulling out of Ukraine.

• Russian Parliament Agrees to Expand Ban on Promoting LGBT Issues (Read)

• Ukraine War Spurs Arms Makers to Boost Production (Read)

In other world news...

• U.S. Poised to Grant Chevron License to Pump Oil in Venezuela (Read)

• $1 Trillion Plan to Help Developing Nations Take On Climate Change Gains Momentum (Read)

The law, which allows civil sex-abuse lawsuits without regard to the statute of limitations for such offenses, took effect on Thanksgiving because it had a six-month trigger date from when Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, signed it in May, reports Corinne Ramey. Lawsuits began hitting court dockets immediately, including a new complaint by advice columnist E. Jean Carroll against former President Donald Trump.

• President Biden said he would push Congress to enact gun control laws curbing assault-style weapons before Republicans take control of the House in January. (Fox News)
• The House GOP’s plans for aggressive investigations of the Biden administration may present as much political risk for the investigators as it does for the targets. (The Atlantic)
• Qatar can't hide from scrutiny of its treatment of migrant workers under the Gulf nation's kafala system by calling the criticism racist. (Foreign Policy)

Readers, many of us likely had indulgent meals this week that took a long time to prepare. Chef Mike Solomonov's recipe for roasted halibut with grapes is counterprogramming for your palate—fast and simple. The grapes caramelize in the oven next to the fish, and toasted almonds top it all off.

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