Plus, new details emerge about President Trump's initial refusal to act after the mob stormed the Capitol, and Joe Biden scrambles to prevent a second Trump impeachment trial from hampering his first 100 days.
Plus, the PGA pulls its 2022 championship from President Trump’s golf course, and More evidence emerges that Trump exerted potentially criminal influence on Georgia election officials.
Plus, Senator Josh Hawley faces fierce criticism after Wednesday's violence. And, the siege on the Capitol may have been a COVID-19 superspreader event.
Plus, Some White House aides resign in protest, as others discuss the 25th Amendment, and Joe Biden taps Merrick Garland for attorney general after Democrats win control of the Senate.
Plus, Vice President Pence prepares for a final performance that will infuriate President Trump, and Trump finalizes a rule saying it’s fine to kill millions of birds.
Plus, ambulances are starting to ration oxygen as America shatters its covid hospitalization records, and the EPA finalizes a damaging rule that will make it much harder to safeguard public health.
Plus, President Trump’s deregulatory push has made the pandemic worse, and Iran begins enriching uranium to 20 percent in new violation of nuclear deal.
Plus, vaccines are slow to reach arms as Trump administration leaves final steps of mass vaccination to beleaguered states, and Sen. Josh Hawley’s plan to contest electoral college vote certification ensures drawn-out process
Plus, the first case of highly infectious coronavirus variant detected in Colorado, and Louisville police move to fire two more officers involved in raid that killed Breonna Taylor.
Plus, air travel hits pandemic record amid surging infections and hospitalizations, and Georgia Senate runoffs test whether Trump remains a ‘poison’ for moderate GOP voters.
Plus, authorities identify Anthony Warner as Nashville bomber, say his remains were found in the wreckage. And, in Russia, tough new laws and stepped-up defiance abroad mark Putin’s shift toward unfettered control
Plus, the Trump administration and Pfizer near a deal to purchase tens of millions of additional vaccine doses through the spring and summer. And Justice Department sues Walmart, alleging it helped fuel the opioid crisis.
Plus a new coronavirus believed to have originated in London prompts more travel bans and disruptions. And Attorney General William Barr said he saw no basis for the federal government seizing voting machines.
Plus, a CDC advisory group says front-line essential workers and adults 75 and over should be next to get the coronavirus vaccine, and countries across Europe halt flights from Britain over concerns about coronavirus mutation.
Plus, states report confusion as the federal government reduces their vaccine shipments, and investigators discover evidence of previously unknown Russian tactics used to penetrate US networks.
Plus, Congressional leaders add stimulus checks to a draft relief bill as they near a deal, and after a blast in Beirut destroyed a church, volunteers race to rebuild it by Christmas Eve.
Plus, California’s governor orders 5,000 more body bags in the face of soaring covid deaths, and President Trump further eviscerates the Endangered Species Act on his way out the door.
Plus, the Electoral college makes Joe Biden’s victory official, and Bill Barr is stepping down as attorney general.
Plus, Russian government hackers are behind a broad espionage campaign that has severely compromised U.S. agencies, and the first vials of the coronavirus vaccine are arriving across America.
Plus, FDA authorization is all but certain after federal advisers endorse the Pfizer vaccine, and stimulus talks fall into disarray as deadlines loom.
Plus, President Trump pressures congressional Republicans to join his fight to overturn the election results, and Hunter Biden confirms he is under federal investigation.
Plus, President-elect Biden selects a housing and agriculture secretary, and the White House proposes dramatically lower unemployment benefits in exchange for $600 stimulus checks.
Plus, President Trump asked the Pennsylvania House speaker for help overturning the election results, and Congress will pass a one-week funding bill to avert a shutdown as stimulus negotiations continue.
Plus, Kelly Loeffler dodges questions in a Georgia Senate debate, and Rudy Giuliani tests positive for coronavirus.
Plus, the final draft of a bipartisan defense bill includes several rebukes of President Trump, and tensions flare along Trump’s border wall amid mounting local resistance.
Plus, President-elect Biden’s immigration policies could leave him in a quandary amid a looming surge of migrants, and a third-grade teacher in Minnesota donates a kidney to her school’s custodian.
Plus, Britain beats the U.S. in granting the Pfizer vaccine emergency authorization, and President Trump threatens to veto a defense bill unless a legal shield for tech firms is repealed.
Plus Scott Atlas resigns as President Trump’s top coronavirus adviser, the FDA moves at record speed to review the vaccine candidates.
Plus, president-elect Joe Biden hires an all-female senior communications team. and the Wisconsin recount adds to Biden’s margin of victory.
Plus, President-elect Joe Biden looks to name a slate of independent nominees for the Justice Department, and The first 6.4 million doses of Pfizer’s vaccine could go out in mid-December.
