December 21, 2022: $1.7T funding bill, Taliban education ban, SBF extradition

Facts & Spin for December 21, 2022 top stories: Lawmakers unveil a $1.7 trillion government funding bill to avert a shutdown, the Taliban ban women from universities in Afghanistan, Putin tells Russian security services to root out 'traitors and spies,' South Africa’s Ramaphosa is re-elected leader of the ruling ANC Party, Kari Lake's lawsuit challenging the Arizona midterms results heads to trial, FTX's Bankman-Fried is reportedly set to agree to US extradition, a Palestinian prisoner and cancer patient dies in Israeli custody, a former Nazi secretary is convicted in a German court, Puerto Rican cities file a racketeering suit against oil companies, and Stanford releases a new guide to eliminate ‘harmful' language.

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