Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and other top U.S. officials will be offered the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine within the coming days as part of a plan aimed at ensuring the continuity of government, according to a source familiar with the plans as well as reporting from New York Times and Associated Press.Essential personnel at the White House and certain officials in all three branches of government were to be vaccinated within the next 10 days, said a Reuters source.

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White House invites GOP lawmakers in Pennsylvania to lunch

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Republican state senators in Pennsylvania were invited to a White House lunch Wednesday as President Donald Trump persists in talk of overturning his loss in the U.S. Supreme Court and baselessly maintains that Democrats stole the battleground state from him.A spokesperson for the caucus said every Republican senator received the invitation by email this week.

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Trump vetoes annual defense policy bill, potentially setting up 1st override vote

President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he departs on the South Lawn of the White House, on Dec. 12, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

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Trump vetoes defense bill, setting up possible override vote

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has vetoed the annual defense policy bill, following through on threats to veto a measure that has broad bipartisan support in Congress and potentially setting up the first override vote of his presidency.The bill affirms 3% pay raises for U.S.

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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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Florida adds 24,000 jobless claims as Trump ponders relief bill

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida’s unemployment agency awaits a decision by President Donald Trump about the latest federal-stimulus package, which could provide $300 a week in assistance after Christmas to jobless residents.Congress passed the long-sought $900 billion COVID-19 relief package this week, teeing it up for action by Trump. Meanwhile, the U.S.

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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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Trump keeps pedalling doubts about election results

As U.S. President Donald Trump continues his fight to challenge the election results, now senior Republicans are telling him to throw in the towel already. Jackson Proskow reports.

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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 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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Asian stocks gain after Trump criticizes economic aid bill

BEIJING – Asian stock markets rose Wednesday after President Donald Trump suggested he may veto a $900 billion economic aid plan and the World Bank said it expects China to eke out 2% growth this year and accelerate in 2021.Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and South Korea advanced in light trading ahead of this week's Christmas holiday.Overnight, Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index lost 0.2% after Trump criticized the aid plan approved by Congress. He urged lawmakers to raise payments to the public.“Hopes for an unambiguous ‘Santa rally’ have been tragically hijacked,” said Mizuho Bank in a report.Meanwhile, investor nerves were rattled by the emergence of a new coronavirus variant in Britain that spreads more easily.

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Trump pardons 15, commutes 5 sentences, including GOP allies

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has pardoned 15 people, including a pair of congressional Republicans who were strong and early supporters, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad.Trump's actions in his final weeks in office show a president who is wielding his executive power to reward loyalists and others who he believes have been wronged by a legal system he sees as biased against him and his allies. On Tuesday, Trump issued the pardons — not an unusual act for an outgoing president — even as he refused to publicly acknowledge his election loss to Democrat Joe Biden, who will be sworn in on Jan.

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Trump's presidential legacy, by the numbers

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

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Donald Trump threatens not to sign coronavirus relief bill giving every American £448

Donald Trump has threatened not to sign a Covid relief bill that would give every American £448 [$600], branding it a "disgrace"

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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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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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A look at pardons, clemency in waning weeks of Trump tenure

WASHINGTON – In the waning weeks of his presidency, Donald Trump on Tuesday issued a slew of pardons and commutations, including former members of Congress convicted of corruption charges, two people charged in the Russia investigation that shadowed his presidency and former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad that left more a dozen Iraqi civilians dead. Here’s a look at the 20 people issued pardons or commutations on Tuesday.

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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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Trump pardons security contractors in deadly Iraq shooting

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned four former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad that left more than a dozen Iraqi civilians dead and caused an international uproar over the use of private security guards in a war zone.Supporters of the former contractors at Blackwater Worldwide had lobbied for the pardons, arguing that the men had been excessively punished in an investigation and prosecution they said was tainted by problems. All four were serving lengthy prison sentences.“Paul Slough and his colleagues didn’t deserve to spend one minute in prison,” said Brian Heberlig, a lawyer for one of the four pardoned Blackwater defendants.

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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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Indicted Giuliani associate seeks White House communications

NEW YORK – A lawyer for Lev Parnas, the indicted former associate of Rudy Giuliani, asked a federal judge Tuesday to order the White House and Justice Department turn over any emails or text messages in which they discussed the decision to charge his client with making illegal campaign contributions.The defense attorney, Joseph Bondy, filed court papers seeking to dismiss the charges, saying he suspected Attorney General William Barr orchestrated Parnas' indictment “as a means to protect the President and thwart his potential testimony in the impeachment inquiry.”Bondy also requested an evidentiary hearing to determine why Vice President Mike Pence and others weren't prosecuted for receiving “improper” campaign contributions.The U.S.

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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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Trump grants 15 pardons, 5 commutations

FILE - President Donald Trump departs on the South Lawn of the White House, on December 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Al Drago/Getty Images)WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned 15 people, including Republican allies, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad.The pardons included former Republican Reps.

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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: 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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Congress Passes $900B COVID Relief, Catchall Measure

Congress 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.

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Crises swirl around Trump in his final weeks of presidency

His time in the Oval Office is running out, but U.S. President Donald Trump is still clinging onto his fight to overturn November’s election results, while the country deals with other crises. Jackson Proskow explains.

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Perdue seeks payoff from Trump loyalty in Georgia runoff

SAVANNAH, Ga. – In 2014, David Perdue introduced himself to Georgia voters as a corporate executive capable of bringing pragmatism to a Congress depicted in his first TV ad as a bunch of diaper-clad, crying babies.“Help me change the childish behavior up there," he asked voters in his winning campaign for U.S. Senate.

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

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US imposes additional visa restrictions on Chinese officials

The United States on Monday imposed additional visa restrictions on Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses, taking further action against China in the final month of U.S. President Donald Trump’s term.

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$900 billion COVID relief bill passed by Congress, sent to Trump

Congress passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package 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 bill approved Monday night went to President Donald Trump for his signature, which was expected in the coming days.The relief package, unveiled Monday afternoon, sped through the House and Senate in a matter of hours.

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relief package. It would deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths.

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Congress approves $900B COVID relief bill, sending to Trump

WASHINGTON – Congress passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package 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.

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Trump, GOP lawmakers plan effort to block Congress from affirming Biden’s victory

Donald Trump hosted several House Republican lawmakers at the White House on Monday to discuss an ultimately futile effort to block Congress from affirming President-elect Joe Biden‘s victory in the November election.The meeting underscored Trump’s refusal to accept the reality of his loss and his willingness to entertain undemocratic efforts to overturn the will of the majority of American voters. Biden will be sworn in as president on Jan.

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Trump, House lawmakers plot futile effort to block Biden win

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump hosted several House Republican lawmakers at the White House on Monday to discuss an ultimately futile effort to block Congress from affirming President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the November election. The meeting underscored Trump's refusal to accept the reality of his loss and his willingness to entertain undemocratic efforts to overturn the will of the majority of American voters.

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Find Out Why Joe Biden Is Giving Praise to Donald Trump

See why Joe Biden is giving some praise to Donald Trump and his administration – TMZ Demi Lovato explains why she made that drastic change to her hair – Just Jared Jr This controversial celeb has decided to move out of Los Angeles because of the “tyrannical government overreach” – DListed Katy Perry‘s celeb lookalike is starring in her music video – TooFab See who just got the COVID-19 vaccination – Towleroad Find out which young star will appear in a Beatles-inspired movie – Just Jared Jr

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Has the Answers To Your Most Pressing COVID-19 Vaccine Questions

COVID-19 vaccine is finally here. Well, one of them is, at least.

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Joe Biden receives Covid-19 vaccine live on TV

Biden told Americans "there's nothing to worry about" when they get vaccinated and that in the meantime they should keep wearing masks and "listen to the experts."Also Read | Dark underbelly of India Inc’s shop floorsHe and the future first lady were the latest high-profile political figures publicly joining the first wave of vaccinations aimed at stopping a pandemic that has killed almost 318,000 Americans.Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband will be vaccinated next week.Meanwhile, the serving vice president, Mike Pence, and his wife got vaccinations last week.

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Public's Mood Sours -- 16% Satisfied, 39% Approve of Trump

th Congress. President Donald Trump's job approval rating has fallen to 39% -- down seven percentage points from before the election.

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Why the Oscars Should Expect a Mean Tweet From Trump

The Electoral College has officially voted, and the 2020 presidential election is over — finally? Hopefully! Joe Biden will be sworn in as president Jan. 20, and Donald Trump can pack his bags and retreat to stew in his resentments at Mar-a-Lago, his very own Xanadu-by-the-sea.

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Mint Lite | China worker's shortage, Dogecoin, EU-UK trade talks & more

The Guardian reported. Voters chose it from a long list of words, many of which came into existence during the year.

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Trump's legacy: He changed the presidency, but will it last?

WASHINGTON – The most improbable of presidents, Donald Trump reshaped the office and shattered its centuries-old norms and traditions while dominating the national discourse like no one before.Trump, governing by whim and tweet, deepened the nation’s racial and cultural divides and undermined faith in its institutions.

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Joe Biden to receive Covid-19 vaccine on live television

Joe Biden and his wife Jill will be vaccinated against Covid-19 today in public view.

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Trump has been told to wait on vaccination — here’s why

coronavirus — a group that includes U.S. President Donald Trump — should be vaccinated.Moncef Slaoui, the chief adviser of Operation Warp Speed, told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday that the vaccine is safe for those who have recovered and offers stronger and potentially longer protection than does the virus itself.

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Trump campaign takes fight over Penn. election, ballot laws to Supreme Court

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

Trump, top White House officials to receive coronavirus vaccine in coming days: reports

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