Maine Sen. Angus King talks about changes to the vote certification process tucked in a massive spending bill that the Senate is expected to pass this evening, the same evening Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky makes a joint statement to Congress. And, Laura Helmuth, the editor-in-chief of Scientific American, talks about the science stories that stand out to her this year, including the stunning photographs of space from the James Webb Space Telescope. Then, Here & Now listener Laia Vicens Fuste tells host Scott Tong about the Catalan holiday tradition of Tió de Nadal.