Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Saturday 12 Dec 2020

The Week’s daily digest of the news agenda, published at 8am

1. Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn election

The US Supreme Court has rejected an unprecedented attempt to throw out election results in four battleground states. The justices said the long-shot case, brought by Texas and backed by the President Donald Trump, did not have any legal standing. The ruling comes three days before the Electoral College will meet to cast votes for the winner of the November election.

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