WASHINGTON (AP) - The House easily passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Monday night that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths.Lawmakers tacked on a $1.4 trillion catchall spending bill and thousands of pages of other end-of-session business in a massive bundle of bipartisan legislation as Capitol Hill prepared to close the books on the year.The lopsided 359-53 vote was a bipartisan coda to months of partisanship, politicking as lawmakers wrangled over the relief question, a logjam that broke after President-elect Joe Biden urged his party to accept a compromise with top Republicans that is smaller than.

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EXPLAINER: As Georgia awaits, GOP still has Senate control

ATLANTA – The consequences of Georgia’s twin Senate runoffs are well known: They’ll determine which party controls the Senate in the new Congress.Right?Long term, yes, that’s the case. But the circumstances of Georgia’s seats make the near term a bit messy.One of two Georgia races is a regular election for a six-year term.

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EXPLAINER: Stakes high for U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Two months after the November elections, Georgia voters have unfinished business. The outcome will determine partisan control of the U.S.

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U.S. President Trump cuts vacation short, returns to White House day early

U.S. President Donald Trump is cutting short his Florida holiday vacation and returning to Washington on Thursday, one day earlier than expected for reasons the White House didn’t explain.

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GOP Senator rebukes ‘dangerous ploy’ to overturn U.S. election results

presidential election, warning colleagues against a “dangerous ploy” that could damage the nation’s civic traditions.Sasse, a potential 2024 presidential contender, posted a lengthy explanation of his views on social media, including a paragraph by paragraph dismantling of allegations of voter fraud in key states won by President-elect Joe Biden. Sasse said he felt compelled to speak “truth” as constituents and those supporting U.S.

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GOP senator rebukes 'dangerous ploy' to fight Biden victory

WASHINGTON – Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska has issued a pointed rebuke of GOP attempts to object Jan.

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Trump extends restrictions on work visas, says coronavirus pandemic still disrupts 'American livelihoods'

President Trump ordered an extension Thursday of immigration restrictions limiting the issuance of some work visas as the U.S. economy contends with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Biden inauguration to feature memorial for COVID-19 victims

WILMINGTON, DE - DECEMBER 29: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks on the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic at the Queen Theater on December 29, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware.

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Biden to honour COVID-19 victims ahead of inauguration

Joe Biden is planning a lighting ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to honour those killed by the coronavirus the day before he is sworn into office on Jan. 20.The Presidential Inaugural Committee said Thursday that it would hold the event the evening of Jan.

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Biden inauguration to feature memorial for COVID victims

Joe Biden is planning a lighting ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to honor those killed by the coronavirus the day before he is sworn into office on Jan. 20.The Presidential Inaugural Committee said Thursday that it would hold the event the evening of Jan.

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Trump to cut holiday vacation in Florida short, return to White House

Donald Trump is cutting short his Florida holiday vacation and returning to Washington on Thursday, one day earlier than expected for reasons the White House didn’t explain.The White House announced the abrupt change in the president’s schedule late Wednesday, hours after Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said he will raise objections next week when Congress meets to affirm President-elect Joe Biden‘s victory in the November election.It’s a futile attempt to remain in power that Trump has been pushing following the failure of scores of legal challenges to the election outcome by his campaign, including at the Supreme Court.

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Missouri senator to contest Biden's Electoral College win

WASHINGTON – Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said he will raise objections next week when Congress meets to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the election, forcing House and Senate votes that are likely to delay — but in no way alter — the final certification of Biden's win.President Donald Trump has, without evidence, claimed there was widespread fraud in the election.

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Trump to return to White House early from Florida vacation

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – President Donald Trump is cutting short his Florida holiday vacation and returning to Washington on Thursday, one day earlier than expected for reasons the White House didn't explain. The White House announced the abrupt change in the president's schedule late Wednesday, hours after Sen.

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EXPLAINER: How Congress will count Electoral College votes

WASHINGTON – The congressional joint session to count electoral votes is generally a routine, ceremonious affair. But President Donald Trump’s repeated, baseless efforts to challenge Democrat Joe Biden’s victory will bring more attention than usual to next Wednesday's joint session of the Senate and the House.The congressional count is the final step in reaffirming Biden’s win, after the Electoral College officially elected him on Dec 14.

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GOP Sen. Josh Hawley will challenge Biden electors when ballots are counted on Jan. 6

posted to his Twitter page. "And I cannot vote to certify without pointing out the unpresented effort of mega corporations, including Facebook and Twitter, to interfere in this election, in support of Joe Biden."The Electoral College decisively confirmed Joe Biden on Dec.

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Missouri senator to contest Electoral College win for Biden

WASHINGTON – Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., says he will raise objections next week when the Congress meets to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the election, forcing House and Senate votes that are likely to delay — but in no way alter — the final certification of Biden's win.President Donald Trump has, without evidence, claimed there was widespread fraud in the election.

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New Covid-19 variant detected for first time in United States

The new variant of coronavirus has been detected for the first time in the United States and Latin America as President-elect Joe Biden vowed to significantly ramp up the vaccination drive.

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Joe Biden criticizes pace of Covid-19 vaccine rollout, vows to accelerate

Joe Biden criticized the Trump administration Tuesday for the pace of distributing COVID-19 vaccines and predicted that “things will get worse before they get better" when it comes to the pandemic.“We need to be honest — the next few weeks and months are going to be very tough, very tough for our nation.

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New Covid-19 variant hits US as Joe Biden vows all-out effort

Also Read | Ten books from 2020 you must not missThe EU health agency warned that the strain carried a high risk for more hospitalizations and deaths -- not because the infections are more severe but because it spreads more easily.The Rocky Mountain state of Colorado recorded what is believed to be the first case in the United States -- which has suffered the highest death toll of the year-old pandemic that has claimed more than 1.78 million lives globally.Governor Jared Polis said a man in his 20s in Elbert County near Denver was infected with the variant known as B.1.1.7 and is isolating.Biden, after receiving a briefing from experts on the pandemic, warned that the dire Covid situation may not ease up until "well into March.""The next

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Coronavirus: U.S. reports 1st known case of COVID-19 variant as vaccine rollout hits snag

The U.S. reported Tuesday its first known case of the COVID-19 variant first identified in the U.K., with the case being found in Colorado.

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Biden criticizes slow vaccine rollout, Colorado confirms nation's first UK variant case

Pledging a more aggressive effort once he's in office, President-elect Joe Biden today took aim at the slow rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in the United States, which reported its first confirmed United Kingdom variant case today.

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Biden says pace of COVID-19 vaccine rollout is 'falling far behind,' vows to accelerate

WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden criticized the Trump administration Tuesday for the pace of distributing COVID-19 vaccines, saying it is "falling far behind."Biden said "it’s gonna take years, not months, to vaccinate the American people" at the current pace.He vowed to ramp up the current speed of vaccinations five to six times to 1 million shots a day, but acknowledged it "will still take months to have the majority of Americans vaccinated."President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks on the ongoing coronavirus pandemic at the Queen Theater on Dec. 29, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware.

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Kamala Harris receives 1st dose of Moderna coronavirus vaccine

Kamala Harris received a COVID-19 vaccination live on television on Tuesday, as the incoming Biden administration seeks to boost confidence in the inoculation even while warning it will be months before it is available to all.Senator Harris, who is Black and Asian-American, will become the second high-profile person from an ethnic minority background to receive the vaccine after Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Dec. 18.Democratic President-elect Joe Biden, who takes office on Jan.

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Biden accuses Trump admin of laying ‘roadblocks’ for his White House transition team

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden said Monday that his transition team has “encountered obstruction” from political leadership of the Department of Defense, and the Office of Management and Budget.

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Trump aides laying ‘roadblocks’ for White House transition team, Biden says

Joe Biden said on Monday many of America’s security agencies had been “hollowed out” under U.S. President Donald Trump and the lack of information being provided to his transition team by the outgoing administration was an “irresponsibility.”“We’ve encountered roadblocks from the political leadership at the Department of Defense and the Office of Management and Budget,” Biden said after a meeting with his foreign policy team.“Right now we just aren’t getting all of the information that we need from the outgoing administration in key national security areas.

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Trump Signs $900 Billion COVID Relief Bill

President Donald Trump has signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package that will deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals. It also averts a government shutdown.

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Wealthy voters are 'mythical middle' in Georgia Senate races

ATLANTA – At Atlanta's Chastain Park, investment bank logos abut ads for pizza joints and dentists on the outfield fences of the baseball diamonds. Sprinkled among Dodges and Toyotas are Audis and Alfa Romeos.Some of Georgia's most affluent voters, formerly reliable cornerstones of the state's once-ascendant Republican majority, live in million-dollar houses here.

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Trump signs pandemic aid and spending bill, averting government shutdown

US President Donald Trump signed into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, restoring unemployment benefits to millions of Americans and averting afederal government shutdown in a crisis of his own making.

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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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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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'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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‘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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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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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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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 campaign sued for defamation by Dominion Voting Systems employee

Donald Trump‘s re-election campaign in a Colorado court for spreading false conspiracy theories related to November’s presidential election that Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden.Eric Coomer, director of product strategy and security for the voting technology company, sued Trump’s campaign and senior associates, including attorney Sidney Powell and the president’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, for defamation, according to a court document dated Dec. 22 reported by Colorado Public Radio.

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

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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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Dominion Voting Systems worker sues Trump campaign, Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani and others for defamation

US President Donald Trump waves as he leaves the stage with First Lady Melania Trump at the end of a rally to support Republican Senate candidates at Valdosta Regional Airport in Valdosta, Georgia. NEW YORK - An election systems worker driven into hiding by death threats has filed a defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump's campaign, two of its lawyers and some conservative media figures and outlets.Eric Coomer, security director at the Colorado-based Dominion Voting Systems, said he wants his life back after being named in false charges as a key actor in "rigging" the election for President-elect Joe Biden.

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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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‘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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De Blasio says Trump administration played 'valuable role' in getting COVID-19 vaccine quickly

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday praised the Trump administration for its "valuable role" in getting a coronavirus vaccine out quickly -- after President-elect Joe Biden said the administration deserves credit. "In terms of getting the vaccine, yes, I do think the president and his administration contributed substantially to getting a vaccine in this kind of time frame," he said.

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Fauci, other top health officials to publicly receive first dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

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Biden Receives COVID-19 Vaccine on Live TV: "There's Nothing to Worry About"

President-elect Joe Biden on Monday received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on live television as part of a growing effort to convince the American public the inoculations are safe. The president-elect took a dose of Pfizer vaccine at a hospital not far from his Delaware home, hours after his wife, Jill Biden, did the same.

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Biden to address COVID bill, holiday pandemic precautions

Joe Biden will speak Tuesday as the nation deals with a COVID-19 surge that’s casting a shadow over the Christmas holiday this week.Biden will deliver remarks in Wilmington, Delaware on Tuesday afternoon, where he’s expected to speak on the $900 billion coronavirus aid bill passed by Congress on Monday. It’s a package he supports but one he’s said is just a “down payment" for a broader relief bill he plans to introduce when he takes office in January.And as he did prior to Thanksgiving, Biden will express sympathy for the struggles American families are facing as they head into Christmas dealing with the emotional and economic impacts of the pandemic.

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