Capitol building as inauguration planners seek to craft an event that captures the traditional grandeur of the historic ceremony while complying with COVID-19 protocols.Biden's team released some broad details for the Jan.

20 event on Tuesday. One big unknown: Will President Donald Trump participate?The president, who continues to make unproven claims of widespread voter fraud, has not yet told current and former White House aides whether he will attend Biden’s inauguration.

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Trump signs $900B pandemic relief bill after earlier refusal

pandemic relief package Sunday, ending days of drama over his refusal to accept the bipartisan deal that will deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and avert a federal government shutdown.The massive bill includes $1.4 trillion to fund government agencies through September and contains other end-of-session priorities such as money for cash-starved transit systems and an increase in food stamp benefits. Unemployment benefits for millions expire as Trump refuses to sign COVID-19 relief bill Trump announced the signing in a statement Sunday night that spoke of his frustrations with the COVID-19 relief for including only $600 checks to most Americans instead of the $2,000 that his fellow Republicans rejected.

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Trump signs $900 billion Covid relief bill

Donald Trump signed a bill containing $900 billion in pandemic relief, according to a Republican familiar with the matter, triggering the flow of aid to individuals and businesses and averting the risk of a partial government shutdown on Tuesday.In addition, to aid to stem the economic effects of the pandemic, the legislation Congress passed Monday also includes $1.4 trillion in government spending to fund federal agencies through the end of the fiscal year in September.

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Trump signs COVID relief bill granting stimulus checks, jobless benefits

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump has signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package that will deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals.The massive bill includes $1.4 trillion to fund government agencies through September and contains other end-of-session priorities such as money for cash-starved transit systems and an increase in food stamp benefits.Democrats are promising more aid to come once President-elect Joe Biden takes office, but Republicans are signaling a wait-and-see approach.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE.

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After Biden, Fauci shows concern that Covid may get worse after the holidays

Dr Anthony Fauci said on Sunday."The reason I'm concerned and my colleagues in public health are concerned also is that we very well might see a post-seasonal, in the sense of Christmas, New Year's, surge," CNN quoted Fauci as saying. "We are really at a very critical point....

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Trump plays golf as COVID-19 relief bill hangs in limbo

President Donald Trump spent more time playing at a Florida golf course, still refusing to sign-off on Congress’s pandemic relief bill. The stalling is costing millions of Americans who have run out of unemployment benefits.

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Donald Trump promises 'good news' on Covid relief as millions lose benefits

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US Covid outbreak may worsen after holidays - Fauci

Top US government scientist Anthony Fauci has warned the worst of the pandemic may be yet to come, driving the country to a "critical point" as holiday travel spreads the coronavirus.

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Republican leaders seek restrictions to American voters despite smooth U.S. election

Joe Biden already are pushing for new restrictions, especially to absentee voting. It’s an option many states expanded amid the coronavirus outbreak that proved hugely popular and helped ensure one of the smoothest election days in recent years.U.S.

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Biden: Reversing Trump's immigration policies will take months

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks on November job numbers at the Queen theater December 4, 2020 Wilmington, Delaware.

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COVID-19 unemployment benefits expire as Trump stalls aid bill

As unemployment benefits run out for millions of Americans, President Donald Trump is still refusing to sign off on a new pandemic aid package.

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'Devastating consequences' if Trump does not sign Covid-19 aid bill: Joe Biden

jobless benefits expire after Trump threw a long-awaited pandemic aid package into doubt -- demanding lawmakers more than triple the $600 direct payments to US taxpayers."This abdication of responsibility has devastating consequences.

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Trump’s refusal to sign U.S. COVID-19 relief bill leaves millions in limbo

Donald Trump signed an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that had been considered a done deal before his sudden objections.Trump’s refusal to sign the bipartisan package as he demands larger COVID relief checks and complains about “pork” spending could also force a federal government shutdown when money runs out at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday in the middle of a pandemic.“It’s a chess game and we are pawns,” said Lanetris Haines, a self-employed single mother of three in South Bend, Indiana, who stands to lose her US$129 weekly jobless benefit unless Trump signs the package into law or succeeds in his improbable quest for changes.

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Unemployment benefits set to expire as COVID relief bill remains unsigned by Trump

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‘This bill is critical’: Biden pushes Trump to sign COVID-19 relief bill

(Photos by JIM WATSON and SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON,SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) President-elect Joe Biden is urging President Donald Trump to sign a nearly $1 trillion COVID-19 relief package that continues to hang in the balance."This bill is critical," Biden wrote in a statement. "It needs to be signed into law now."Biden called Trump’s refusal to sign the relief bill an "abdication of responsibility [that] has devastating consequences."Trump spent his Christmas golfing in Florida as a government shutdown looms.

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Biden calls on Trump to sign COVID relief bill amid battle over direct payments

President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday called on President Trump to sign the coronavirus stimulus bill -- warning that failing to do so would have "devastating consequences" for millions of Americans. Biden's push comes as Trump and Congress battle over the size of direct payments included in the mammoth legislation.

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Despite smooth election, GOP leaders seek vote restrictions

ATLANTA – Changes to the way millions of Americans voted this year contributed to record turnout, but that's no guarantee the measures making it easier to cast ballots will stick around for future elections.Republicans in key states that voted for President-elect Joe Biden already are pushing for new restrictions, especially to absentee voting. It's an option many states expanded amid the coronavirus outbreak that proved hugely popular and helped ensure one of the smoothest election days in recent years.President Donald Trump has been unrelenting in his attacks on mail voting as he continues to challenge the legitimacy of an election he lost.

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Trump spends Christmas holiday golfing as Americans await COVID-19 relief

PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump spent his Christmas golfing in Florida as a government shutdown looms and COVID relief hangs in the balance.Trump, at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach for the holidays, had no events on his public schedule after throwing the future of a massive COVID relief and government funding bill into question. Failure to sign the bill, which arrived in Florida on Thursday night, could deny relief checks to millions of Americans on the brink and force a government shutdown in the midst of the pandemic.The White House declined to share details of the president’s schedule.

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Biden pledges tuition-free community college for all

President-Elect Joe Biden delivers remarks before the holiday at The Queen in Wilmington, Delaware on Dec. 22, 2020.

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Politics overhangs US Christmas as govt shutdown nears, COVID aid uncertain

Donald Trump will spend Christmas Day at his Palm Beach resort as millions of Americans face the risk of losing jobless benefits on Saturday and a partial government shutdown looms next week, following his threat to not sign a $2.3 trillion coronavirus aid and spending package.Democratic President-elect Joe Biden, whose victory Trump still refuses to acknowledge nearly two months after the Nov.

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GOP blocks $2,000 checks as Trump leaves COVID aid in chaos

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s sudden demand for $2,000 checks for most Americans was swiftly rejected by House Republicans as his haphazard actions have thrown a massive COVID relief and government funding bill into chaos.The rare Christmas Eve session of the House lasted just minutes, with help for millions of Americans awaiting Trump's signature on the bill. Unemployment benefits, eviction protections and other emergency aid, including smaller $600 checks, are at risk.

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Trump golfs in Florida as COVID relief hangs in the balance

WEST PALM BEACH – After tossing a grenade that threatens to blow up a massive COVID relief and government funding bill and force a government shutdown in the midst of a pandemic, President Donald Trump spent his Christmas Eve golfing in Florida.Failure to agree on the bill could deny checks to millions of Americans on the brink.Trump had no events on his public schedule on the first day of his winter vacation Thursday, but traveled to his Palm Beach golf club, where he was spotted by CNN cameras on the links. Reporters were given no details of his schedule for the day, but told that, “As the Holiday season approaches, President Trump will continue to work tirelessly for the American People.

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President-elect Joe Biden, Dr. Jill Biden sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to Dr. Anthony Fauci

FILE - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden appears oh stage with his wife Dr. Jill Biden after delivering his acceptance speech on the fourth night of the Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center on Aug.

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Presidential election hostilities could fuel fight over courts

HARRISBURG - The angst, anger and hostility over Pennsylvania’s presidential election result will flow past New Year’s Day.Republicans who control the state Legislature could use the first weeks of 2021 to fast-track a constitutional amendment that would remake the Democratic-majority state Supreme Court after Republicans and President Donald Trump accused the court of acting illegally or, baselessly, conspiring to steal the election.That prospect is propelling a constellation of liberal groups, good-government groups, labor unions and others to organize against the proposed amendment, and stoking fears of an expensive public campaign fueled by dark money for control of the battleground state’s highest court.FULL COVERAGE: 2020 ELECTIONAs

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Trump threatens COVID relief bill, testing loyalty of GOP

WASHINGTON – Threatening to tank Congress’ massive COVID relief and government funding package, President Donald Trump’s demand for bigger aid checks for Americans is forcing Republicans traditionally wary of such spending into an uncomfortable test of allegiance.On Thursday, House Democrats who also favor $2,000 checks will all but dare Republicans to break with Trump, calling up his proposal for a Christmas Eve vote. The president's last-minute objection could derail critical legislation amid a raging pandemic and deep economic uncertainty.

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Coronavirus: Trump demands changes to $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill

U.S. President Donald Trump is lashing out over a $900 billion pandemic relief bill, which Congress finally passed after months of debate. Jennifer Johnson explains what Trump wants changed, and what could happen if he vetoes the bill.

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Trump's threat plunges COVID talks - and GOP - into tumult

WASHINGTON – The video message that plunged Washington into chaos was filmed in secret.President Donald Trump stood in the White House's Diplomatic Reception Room, holiday garland and gleaming ornaments draped on the fireplace behind him, and spoke into the camera not to deliver warm Christmas wishes, but to threaten to detonate Congress’ $900 billion COVID-19 relief and year-end package. The video was released without warning Tuesday night, its recording orchestrated by White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and kept from all but a handful of aides.

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AdventHealth opens outpatient COVID-19 antibody treatment clinic

ORLANDO, Fla. – AdventHealth opened a new clinic offering monoclonal antibody therapies for COVID-19 patients.The clinic is at AdventHealth Orlando’s campus and is separate from the COVID-19 unit in the ER.

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President Trump threatens to torpedo COVID-19 relief bill with new demands

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has threatened to torpedo Congress’ massive COVID-19 relief package in the midst of a raging pandemic and deep economic uncertainty, suddenly demanding changes fellow Republicans have opposed.Trump assailed the bipartisan $900 billion package in a video he tweeted out Tuesday night and suggested he may not sign the legislation.

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Biden to introduce Connecticut schools chief Miguel Cardona as education secretary pick

WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden is set to introduce Miguel Cardona as his pick for education secretary on Wednesday, choosing Connecticut's education chief and a lifelong champion of public schools to lead the department.The selection delivers on Biden’s promise to nominate someone with experience working in public education and would fulfill his goal of installing an education chief who stands in sharp contrast to Secretary Betsy DeVos.Unlike DeVos, a school choice advocate whom Biden says is an opponent of public schools, Cardona is a product of them, starting when he entered kindergarten unable to speak English.Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will hold an event with Cardona in Wilmington, Delaware, where he's

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Trump threatens to torpedo COVID relief with new demands

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has threatened to torpedo Congress’ massive COVID-19 relief package in the midst of a raging pandemic and deep economic uncertainty, suddenly demanding changes fellow Republicans have opposed.Trump assailed the bipartisan $900 billion package in a video he tweeted out Tuesday night and suggested he may not sign the legislation. He called on lawmakers to increase direct payments for most Americans from $600 to $2,000 for individuals and $4,000 for couples.

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Coronavirus: Trump demands U.S. Congress amend COVID-19 stimulus bill

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Trump's presidential legacy, by the numbers

WASHINGTON – Words matter. But numbers tell stories, too.

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Biden picks Connecticut schools chief as education secretary

President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Miguel Cardona, Connecticut's education chief and a lifelong champion of public schools, to serve as education secretary.The selection delivers on Biden’s promise to nominate someone with experience working in public education and would fulfill his goal of installing an education chief who stands in sharp contrast to Secretary Betsy DeVos.

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Biden blames Trump for cyberattack, says it can't go unanswered

Joe Biden lashed out at Donald Trump over a major hack of U.S. government agencies and companies, saying the president isn’t taking it seriously enough and said such a huge cyberattack on the US government cannot go unanswered.Biden said in pre-holiday remarks, "We can't let this go unanswered.

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Indian equities seen volatile on virus concerns; Wipro, Infosys in focus

How hunger came back to haunt IndiaUS stocks ended mostly lower overnight Tuesday over concerns the new covid variation, which has halted movement in and out of the UK and sent vaccine makers scrambling to ensure their drugs are effective against it, could further hamper a softening economic recovery.Data showed US consumer confidence unexpectedly fell in December, for second-straight monthly decline, as renewed restrictions aimed at slowing the pandemic hobbled businesses, overshadowing the roll out of covid-19 vaccines.US President-elect Joe Biden, warning that the "darkest days in the battle against covid are ahead of us," said his administration will put forward another covid-19 relief package early next year.Back home, German

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Joe Biden says reversing Donald Trump's immigration policies will take months

Joe Biden says it will take months to roll back some of President Donald Trump's actions on immigration, offering a slower timeline than he promised on the campaign trail and one that may rile advocates pushing for speedy action on the issue.His Tuesday comments echo those made by two of his top foreign policy advisers in an interview with Spanish wire service EFE on Monday hitting the brakes on rolling back Trump's restrictive asylum policies.Also Read | How hunger came back to haunt IndiaSusan Rice, Biden's incoming domestic policy adviser, and Jake Sullivan, his pick for national security adviser, as well as Biden himself, warned that moving too quickly could create a new crisis at the border.Speaking to reporters in Wilmington,

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President Trump suggests he might not sign COVID relief bill

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is assailing the bipartisan $900 billion pandemic relief package that Congress just passed and is suggesting that he may not sign it.Trump complained in a video that he tweeted out Tuesday night that the bill delivered too much money to foreign countries, but not enough to Americans.The bill provides for a $600 payment to most Americans, but Trump said he is asking Congress to amend the bill and “increase the ridiculously low $600 to $2,000, or $4,000 for a couple.

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Donald Trump rejects Covid relief bill, calling it 'a disgrace'

$900 billion bipartisan Covid stimulus package, calling it "a disgrace" and demanding that lawmakers more than triple relief payments to Americans.While he did not explicitly say he would not sign the bill, which passed overwhelmingly Monday in both houses of Congress, Trump made clear he would not accept the legislation.Also Read | How hunger came back to haunt India"It really is a disgrace," he said in a video message posted to Twitter."I am asking Congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculously low $600 to $2,000, or $4,000 for a couple," he said, referring to relief checks meant to go out to most Americans."I'm also asking Congress to immediately get rid of the wasteful and unnecessary items from this legislation, and just

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San Francisco mayor says Newsom's California Senate pick 'a real blow to the African-American community'

San Francisco Mayor Lundin Breed said that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pick to fill the Senate vacancy of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is "a real blow to the African-American community." Newsom tapped Calif.

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Trump asks Congress to amend $900B COVID-19 relief bill, increase stimulus checks to $2,000

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on Thanksgiving on November 26, 2020 in Washington, DC.

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‘A disgrace’: Trump calls on Congress to amend coronavirus relief package

Donald Trump is calling on the country’s Congress to amend a newly passed coronavirus relief package by raising the amount of money Americans will receive and cutting other measures he says are “wasteful.”In a video posted to Twitter Tuesday evening, Trump called the long-awaited package a “disgrace.” U.S.

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Biden hopes virus deal is glimpse of deal-making to come

WASHINGTON – For President-elect Joe Biden, Washington’s year-end burst of deal-making brought renewed hope for a productive, successful first 100 days in office. The city’s fever broke, at least momentarily, as longtime combatants finally forged a COVID-19 relief deal that carried with it dozens of smaller bills, offering proof that Capitol Hill's damaged systems and norms can still produce meaningful legislation — at least when backed up against the wall.Most of Biden's 36 years in the Senate came in an era when Washington functioned far better.

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Joe Biden Speaks on COVID-19, Economic Relief Package & Presidential Transition in Christmas Week Message

Joe Biden has delivered new remarks about the COVID-19 vaccine, stimulus package and more in his Christmas week speech, which streamed Tuesday (December 22).

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Biden: Reversing Trump immigration policies will take months

WILMINGTON, Del. – President-elect Joe Biden says it will take months to roll back some of President Donald Trump’s actions on immigration, offering a slower timeline than he promised on the campaign trail and one that may rile advocates pushing for speedy action on the issue.His Tuesday comments echo those made by two of his top foreign policy advisers in an interview with Spanish wire service EFE on Monday hitting the brakes on rolling back Trump’s restrictive asylum policies.

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‘Keep the faith’: Biden addresses coronavirus relief bill, holiday pandemic precautions

Joe Biden on Tuesday expressed empathy with struggling families and applauded Congress for a passing the coronavirus relief as the nation deals with a COVID-19 surge that’s casting a shadow over the Christmas holiday.He called out to frontline workers, scientists, researchers, clinical trial participants and those with deployed family members during the holiday season.“Our hearts are always with you — keep the faith,” he said.

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Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus coordinator, says she will retire

WASHINGTON - Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus response, said Tuesday she plans to retire, but is willing to first help President-elect Joe Biden's team with its coronavirus response as needed.Birx, in an interview with the news site Newsy, did not give a specific timetable on her plans."I will be helpful in any role that people think I can be helpful in, and then I will retire," Birx told the news outlet.Birx and White House officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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The Latest: Biden urges Americans to avoid big holiday dos

WILMINGTON, Del. – The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local):3:25 p.m.President-elect Joe Biden says that the nation has a long way to go in fighting the coronavirus pandemic and is encouraging Americans to avoid large gatherings over the Christmas holidays.Biden says that “we all have to care enough for each other that we have to stay apart for just a little bit longer. I know it’s hard.”Biden spoke Tuesday in a live year-end address from his home state of Delaware.

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Omar blasts Biden team 'bait and switch' after officials say undoing Trump immigration policy will 'take time'

Rep. Ilhan Omar accused the Biden team of already breaking a "core campaign promise" after officials picked to serve in the president-elect’s administration admitted that they would not roll back Trump’s immigration policies all at once. Susan Rice and Jake Sullivan, President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming domestic policy and national security advisers, respectively, told Spanish wire service EFE that changes to the U.S.

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Biden to take presidential oath outside Capitol amid COVID-19 restrictions

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