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- December 31st
- Frustration builds over slow pace of vaccine rollout
- New Year's Eve celebrations scaled back, scrapped amid pandemic
- How stimulus checks could be withheld from the Americans who need them most
- GOP Sen. Ben Sasse says he hasn't heard 'a single congressional Republican' dispute the election in private
- New jobless claims unexpectedly decline for 2nd week in a row
- Biden inauguration plans nationwide memorial for COVID-19 victims
- 'Irritated' Trump will skip his Mar-a-Lago New Year's Eve party
- Census Bureau set to miss Dec. 31 deadline for the 1st time
- Fauci: 'Disappointing' U.S. hasn't met goal of 20 million vaccinations in 2020
- December 30th
- On Jan. 20, Biden to issue memo freezing Trump administration's midnight regulations
- New COVID-19 variant discovered in California
- Canada to require people entering the country show proof of negative COVID-19 test
- Gilligan's Island star Dawn Wells dies of COVID-19
- The FBI is reportedly investigating if Nashville bomber believed in conspiracies about 5G, lizard people
- Trump outruns congressional subpoenas for his tax records — at least until after he leaves office
- Trump's Blackwater pardons 'broadly undermine humanitarian law,' U.N. expert says
- A bat research team investigating coronavirus origins in China reportedly had their samples confiscated
- Explosion at Aden airport kills at least 22
- Big early voting turnout suggests Georgia Democrats have an edge going into runoff elections
- U.K. Parliament overwhelmingly backs Brexit deal
- Argentina is about to become the biggest South American country to legalize abortion
- Trump spreads Newsmax-fueled conspiracy about Brad Raffensperger's nonexistent brother
- The Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has 3 key advantages despite lower efficacy rate
- Police report shows girlfriend of Nashville bomber warned he was 'building bombs' in his RV
- Justice Department won't charge Cleveland officers in 2014 shooting of Tamir Rice
- Report: Forensic accounting specialists hired to assist N.Y. prosecutor in Trump probe
- Congressman-elect from Louisiana dies of COVID-19
- 2 officers involved in Breonna Taylor shooting to be fired
- Biden promises to speed up coronavirus vaccine production
- Mnuchin says some Americans may receive stimulus payments tonight
- December 29th
- 1st U.S. case of COVID-19 variant reported in Colorado
- Republican David Perdue becomes 4th Georgia Senate candidate to endorse $2,000 stimulus checks
- Kamala Harris receives 1st dose of COVID-19 vaccine
- The pandemic might 'feel' over by July, public health expert predicts
- Trump's $2,000 checks push costs him the WSJ editorial board
- Republican senators reportedly start wavering on $2,000 stimulus checks
- At L.A. hospital, there are so many COVID-19 patients some are being put in the gift shop
- South Africa bans alcohol sales, closes bars to try to stop spread of coronavirus
- Neighbor says Nashville bomber told him he was going to be 'so famous'
- China sentences citizen journalist who reported on COVID-19 in Wuhan to 4 years in prison
- TSA screens highest number of travelers since mid-March
- House votes to override Trump's veto of defense bill
- December 28th
- Biden says Trump appointees are obstructing transition efforts
- House passes bill to boost stimulus checks to $2,000
- Republicans sue Mike Pence in 'desperate' last-ditch effort to overturn election
- Schumer reportedly abandons fundraising efforts in Georgia's Senate runoffs
- Biden reportedly set to invoke Defense Production Act to speed up COVID-19 vaccine production
- All 3 major Wall Street indexes hit record highs after opening
- Mnuchin, GOP lawmakers reportedly convinced Trump to sign COVID-19 relief bill by flattering him
- Congress is 'laughing' at Trump's 'bizarre, embarrassing' COVID-19 relief capitulation, Politico suggests
- Researchers discover the platypus isn't the only mammal that glows fluorescent
- Police charge Army Special Operations sergeant in Illinois bowling alley killings
- Congress is returning to override Trump's veto of a popular defense spending bill
- Congress signals it will mostly ignore Trump's post-signing demands on $2.3 trillion spending package
- Authorities identify Nashville bomber, say he died in Friday's explosion
- Trump signs COVID-19 relief bill, calls on Congress to remove 'wasteful items'
- December 27th
- Why the U.S. may not be aware of new coronavirus variant's presence
- Sanders: Trump 'diddling around' on relief bill is 'unbelievably cruel'
- Phil Niekro, Hall of Fame knuckleballer, dies at 81
- U.K. regulator reportedly expected to greenlight Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine this week
- Trump reportedly wants to 'inflict as much pain on Congress as possible'
- EU latest to roll out Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
- 3 killed, 3 wounded in Illinois bowling alley shooting
- December 26th
- Communications outages continue in Tennessee as FBI pursues hundreds of leads in alleged Nashville bombing
- Star freshman Utah running back Ty Jordan dies at 19
- Biden calls Trump's refusal to sign relief bill an 'abdication of responsibility'
- China's pace to overtake U.S. as world's largest economy accelarates by 5 years, report predicts
- Scientists home in on potential cause of rare COVID-19 vaccine allergic reactions
- Prominent pro-Brexit U.K. minister touts new 'special relationship' with EU
- Enhanced unemployment benefits set to lapse without Trump's signature on relief bill
- December 24th
- Hollywood braces for unusual holiday box office
- 1 million Americans receive vaccine as virus hospitalizations hit record high
- Two of Trump's pardons may set a precedent for letting the Trump campaign off the hook
- U.K., EU reach historic Brexit trade deal
- House GOP blocks Democrats' attempt to pass $2,000 stimulus checks backed by Trump
- Pakistani court orders release of man convicted in Daniel Pearl murder
- Trump pardons Manafort, Stone, and Jared Kushner's father
- December 23rd
- House GOP leader McCarthy reportedly nixes Pelosi’s attempt to pass $2,000 payments by unanimous consent
- Trump vetoes defense spending bill
- Barr bids farewell to Justice Department staff on final day as attorney general
- Houston Rockets' COVID-19 contact tracing highlights new challenges in post-bubble NBA
- Giuliani told to prepare for 'imminent' legal action from Dominion Voting Systems
- Animal activist poses as Smithfield foods CEO on Fox Business, trashes company to oblivious Maria Bartiromo
- Brexit deal could be 'wrapped up within hours'
- White House staffers were given departure instructions. Then they were told to disregard them.
- Senators prepare to override Trump's potential stimulus veto as Democrats push additional payments
- Coronavirus: Tier 4 to expand as new strain spreads
- New weekly jobless claims fall unexpectedly, but remain high
- The Blackwater guards Trump pardoned were jailed for a massacre of civilians, including 2 kids
- Pfizer will sell U.S. 100 million more vaccine doses
- Trump's longtime Deutsche Bank private banker and her close colleague abruptly resign
- A Lincoln Project ad reportedly turned Trump against Mike Pence. Pence is now bending.
- Karl Rove and Chris Christie slam Trump allies Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell on Fox News
- Actor Kirk Cameron criticized for hosting 'irresponsible' caroling events as COVID-19 cases surge
- Residents protest after Minnesota town approves permit for whites-only church
- Trump goes after No. 2 Senate Republican John Thune, calling his 'political career over!!!'
- Pelosi responds to Trump's request for $2,000 stimulus checks: 'Let's do it!'
- Report: Pfizer close to deal with Trump administration to provide more COVID-19 vaccine doses
- Trump says he wants bigger stimulus checks, threatens to not sign COVID-19 relief bill
- Trump pardons 3 former GOP congressmen, Blackwater guards convicted of killing Iraqi civilians
- Israel's government collapses, triggering 4th election in 2 years
- December 22nd
- Biden says he won’t be a 'lame duck' president, doesn't commit to quickly filing for re-election
- Biden warns the 'darkest days' of the pandemic are ahead
- Biden suggests GOP senators speaking out against alleged Russian hack is a sign of bipartisan future
- Justice Department sues Walmart for alleged role in opioid crisis
- South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster tests positive for COVID-19
- Washington Football Team's Dwayne Haskins apologizes for 'irresponsible and immature' mask-less partying
- California Secretary of State Alex Padilla selected to fill Kamala Harris' Senate seat
- Biden team says it won't be able to immediately reverse Trump's immigration policies
- BioNTech chief: 'Highly likely' COVID-19 vaccine will hold up against UK coronavirus mutation
- Fauci receives COVID-19 vaccine, tells Americans he has 'extreme confidence' in it
- Washington Football Team reportedly settled with Dan Snyder sexual misconduct accuser for $1.6 million
- More than a dozen death row inmates at an Indiana prison have coronavirus
- Trump is reportedly turning on 'virtually every person around him'
- Taiwan reports its 1st domestic COVID-19 case since April
- U.S. deaths will hit a record 3.2 million in 2020, due largely to COVID-19
- Trump and Pence hosted House GOP allies, Sidney Powell to map out election-reversal strategies
- The UK fishing offer raising hopes of a Christmas Brexit deal
- Biden has reportedly landed on Miguel Cardona, Connecticut schools chief, for education secretary
- The $2.3 trillion bill Congress just passed is longer than all 7 Harry Potter books combined
- Televangelist Pat Robertson says Biden won, won't be president long, urges 'erratic' Trump to retire
- Trump emails GOP lawmakers a slide slamming Mitch McConnell, taking credit for his re-election
- Senator says hackers gained access to dozens of email accounts at the Treasury Department
- Senate clears $2.3 trillion government spending, COVID-19 relief package, sending it to Trump's desk
- Former FDA chief thinks new mutation of COVID-19 found in the U.K. is 'already in the U.S.'
- House passes COVID-19 relief package and government funding plan
- Kansas City Star apologizes for racially biased coverage: 'The sins of our past still reverberate today'
- December 21st
- Virginia removes Robert E. Lee statue from U.S. Capitol
- John Mulaney reportedly checks into rehab
- Anti-lockdown protesters attempt to break into Oregon statehouse
- Fauci to receive Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday
- Texas veers away from national vaccination guidelines, will prioritize over 65 age group before essential workers
- Biden receives COVID-19 vaccine on TV: 'There's nothing to worry about'
- Pro-Trump media outlets apparently scramble to ward off lawsuits after pushing election conspiracies
- Peter Jackson debuts a sneak peak of his new Beatles documentary
- Outgoing Barr breaks with Trump again on alleged Russia hack, voter fraud
- Trump administration officials subpoenaed in probe into alleged 'extensive and dangerous' political interference at CDC
- Trump's reported martial law musings have even some conservatives alarmed
- The Mandalorian creator confirms Boba Fett spinoff show
- Democrats wanted a tax credit for low income families. Republicans wanted a tax break for '3 martini lunches.'
- Donald Trump mulled using ‘martial law’ to keep the presidency
- Putin critic Navalny reportedly tricks Russian agent into revealing how he was poisoned
- Biden to get COVID-19 vaccine shot on TV
- What the closure of Calais means for Brexit
- Coronavirus: will more areas of the country face Tier 4 restrictions?
- Putin publicly praises Russian intelligence agency implicated in massive U.S. government hack
- Trump's Pentagon is making a lame-duck bid to split U.S. Cyber Command from the NSA
- Arizona GOP chair urges Trump to heed Flynn and 'cross the Rubicon,' alarming people who get the reference
- Pastors: Loeffler's campaign against Warnock is 'broader attack against the Black church'
- Trump is reportedly meeting with Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell, asking about martial law idea
- U.S. Embassy in Baghdad damaged in rocket attack
- Canada imposes 3-day U.K. passenger flight ban to block new COVID-19 variant
- U.S. airport traffic high despite public health pleas to avoid holiday travel
- European countries ban travel from U.K. over new coronavirus variant
- Report: U.S. to announce new criminal charges in Pan Am Flight 103 bombing
- Federal advisory panel recommends essential workers, people over 75 receive vaccines next
- December 20th
- Lawmakers reach deal on $900 billion COVID-19 relief package
- Testing czar: COVID-19 vaccine 'still widely recommended' despite 'scattered' allergic reaction reports
- Trump's 'blind spot' for Russia partially responsible for Kremlin's alleged cyberattack, Romney suggests
- Why Notre Dame edged Texas A&M for the 4th and final College Football Playoff spot
- Scientists aren't concerned about new coronavirus variant eluding current vaccines
- Schumer, Toomey resolve COVID-19 relief sticking point, potentially setting stage for vote
- December 19th
- Here's what Trump can and can't do with the $200 million he raised on election fraud claims
- Trump reportedly considered appointing controversial lawyer Sidney Powell to lead election fraud investigation
- Trump again shows 'reluctance' to criticize Russia after suggesting China may have been behind cyberattack
- Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine has reached distribution centers
- Marco Rubio latest lawmaker to receive COVID-19 vaccine
- Stanford's vaccine distribution woes could be 'harbinger' of broader issue, left-out doctors say
- Pompeo explains why it's 'wiser' for Trump to keep quiet about suspected Russia hack
- December 18th
- Former Special Operations head decries Michael Flynn's 'totally inappropriate' call for military to overturn election
- Pelosi, McConnell receive COVID-19 vaccine
- Cyberpunk 2077 removed from PlayStation Store after developer apologizes over bugs
- Rich people are trying to pay to skip the coronavirus vaccine line
- Supreme Court conservatives block challenge to Trump's removal of undocumented immigrants from census
- Pentagon officials reportedly 'stunned' as acting Defense secretary halts Biden transition briefings
- A fifth of U.S. prisoners have contracted coronavirus. In some states, it's more than half.
- Trump is reportedly considering bringing back The Apprentice
- Mike Pence gets COVID-19 vaccine on live TV
- Trump reportedly nearly blew up delicate COVID-19 relief talks with demand for $2,000 direct checks
- GCHQ unveils annual Christmas card puzzle - can you solve it?
- Coronavirus: Swedish king says nation has ‘failed’ in pandemic response
- Biden tells Colbert he's fine with most GOP snubs, but Lindsey Graham has 'been a personal disappointment'
- Fishing row rages on as Johnson urges EU to seal Brexit deal
- Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, and Stephen Colbert have fun with Trump's threats to stay in the White House
- Quiz of The Week: 12 - 18 December
- Flynn suggests Trump deploy the military in 'swing states' to 'rerun' the election, soft-pedals martial law
- Supreme Court denies Kentucky religious school's challenge to COVID-19 restrictions, for now
- Jill Biden tells Colbert she's proud of her doctorate, baffled by criticism of her use of honorific
- Congress, Supreme Court are being offered COVID-19 vaccines this week
- December 17th
- FDA panel greenlights Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine
- Likely Russian cyberattack reportedly infiltrated nuclear weapons agency
- DHS says it could take months to uncover extent of massive Russian malware attack on federal government
- More than 30 states hit Google with a 3rd antitrust lawsuit
- Pfizer says 'millions' of vaccine doses are waiting to be shipped — but the government hasn't told them where to go
- Senators expect to pass government funding, coronavirus relief bills this weekend
- Russia banned from use of its name, flag, or anthem at next 2 Olympics after doping scandal
- Pelosi pushes Rep. Deb Haaland for interior secretary as Biden finalizes environmental team
- Another 885,000 Americans filed new jobless claims last week, again more than expected
- Ian McKellen says he feels 'euphoric' after getting his COVID-19 vaccine
- Alaska health-care worker has severe allergic reaction to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
- French President Macron tests positive for COVID-19 after exhibiting symptoms
- City of Paris fined for employing ‘too many women’
- Coronavirus: will Christmas travel lead to ‘super-spreader’ event?
- EU leaders argue about vaccine approval delays
- Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, and Seth Meyers guess what happens to Trump if neighbors bar him from Mar-a-Lago
- Bitcoin price soars past $20,000 to all-time high
- Interior Department holiday party canceled after Secretary Bernhardt tests positive for COVID-19
- Pastor says world will end next week
- Trump has reportedly been convinced he actually won, tells advisers he may not vacate the White House
- Emails show Trump appointee pushed for herd immunity: 'We want them infected'
- Tyson fires Iowa plant managers following allegations they bet on workers getting COVID-19
- FDA says Pfizer vaccine bottles contain extra doses
- Trump is reportedly considering a pardon for the Trump Organization's chief financial officer
- Education secretary candidates include ex-Howard University dean, Connecticut schools commissioner
- December 16th
- HBO Max is finally coming to Roku ahead of Wonder Woman 1984
- Bernie Sanders and Joe Manchin reportedly fight on conference call over stimulus checks
- Trump claims fired cybersecurity expert Chris Krebs was 'excoriated' during his Senate hearing. He wasn't.
- Hilary Duff says the Disney+ Lizzie McGuire revival is dead
- Ocasio-Cortez slams Pelosi and House leadership for hogging power
- Twitter to remove COVID-19 vaccine misinformation
- Texas leads GOP states in monopoly lawsuit against Google
- Mike Pompeo quarantines after COVID-19 exposure, cancels last holiday party
- Azar says Trump administration negotiating to buy more Pfizer vaccines after passing on earlier offer
- Kenyan man allegedly plotted to hijack plane and 'conduct a 9/11-style attack,' prosecutors say
- MLB is finally designating Negro Leagues statistics as 'major league'
- Fauci won't be seeing his kids this Christmas, and he wants everyone to do the same
- Disney's Bob Iger is reportedly 'at the top of' Biden's list for an ambassador job
- U.S. sees biggest yearly jump in poverty rate in 60 years
- Top Biden aide touts possibility of bipartisanship, then calls Republicans a 'bunch of f---ers'
- The plan to disinfect the White House before Biden moves in is a 'huge waste of time and effort,' experts say
- White House lawyers reportedly warn Trump of 'legal jeopardy' if he fires FBI Director Christopher Wray
- Ex-Houston cop hired by GOP megadonor arrested for aggravated assault while hunting fake ballots
- Tom Cruise angrily rants on Mission: Impossible set over COVID-19 rule violation: 'If I see it again, you're f---ing gone!'
- Nine great board games all the family can play
- Outgoing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos urges career staffers to 'be the resistance'
- Congressional leaders pledge to stay in Washington until a COVID-19 stimulus bill is enacted
- Government’s £2.7m bill for payouts to sacked advisers triggers fury
- Late night hosts debate whose Biden congratulation is worse for Trump: Putin or McConnell?
- Brexit buzz: are MPs preparing to vote on a UK-EU trade deal next week?
- Trump slams Mitch McConnell for congratulating Biden, pleads it's 'too soon to give up'
- Florida's Sun Sentinel found an odd gap in state COVID-19 deaths ahead of the election
- Trump's Mar-a-Lago neighbors don't want him to move there. They may be able to stop him, too.
- McCartney says ‘Paul is dead’ theory was ‘great publicity’
- Report: Of the hundreds of people invited to Mike Pompeo's indoor holiday party, a few dozen showed up
- The Trump campaign is asking its email list if Trump should run for president in 2024
- Washington National Cathedral rings funeral bell for 30 minutes to mourn 300,000 COVID-19 deaths
- California distributes 5,000 body bags to counties amid 'most intense' COVID-19 surge
- Reports: Biden chooses former EPA head Gina McCarthy as White House climate czar
- December 15th
- Biden reportedly picks former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to run Energy Department
- Biden criticizes Loeffler, Perdue for doing 'nothing' while Trump tried to 'wipe out' Georgia votes
- Facebook is lifting its political ad ban for the Georgia runoffs
- Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard arrested on sex trafficking charges
- Pence says he'll receive COVID-19 vaccine in 'the days ahead'
- Giannis Antetokounmpo to sign record-breaking extension with Milwaukee Bucks
- FDA authorizes 1st over-the-counter, at-home COVID-19 test for emergency use
- How China may be tracking, intercepting Americans' phone communications
- Harry and Meghan to make podcasts for Spotify
- Trump's election loss coping mechanism is straight out of The Simpsons
- Fauci says Biden, Harris, Trump, and Pence should get vaccinated soon
- FDA reportedly intends to authorize Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine on Friday
- Prince Andrew ‘delayed family holiday’ to party on Jeffrey Epstein’s private island
- Twitter fined for violating EU privacy law in 'bellwether' case
- List of known U.S. Russian cyber-espionage victims grows, includes cybersecurity agencies
- Why are Downing Street and the EU striking different tones about Brexit progress?
- Alexei Navalny poisoned with negroni after being ‘tailed by hit squad’
- Stephen Colbert asks his Late Show Melania Trump about her Christmas decor, COVID parties
- EA races towards takeover of gaming rival Codemasters
- Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, and Seth Meyers mark Biden's Electoral College win, Trump's SCOTUS defeat
- The GOP has 1 last shot to contest Trump's loss — and a 'negative percent' chance of success
- Dr. Fauci wants people to hold onto their masks until at least next fall
- Russian woman marries her briefcase
- Top Senate Republicans acknowledge Biden's win after Electoral College vote, but not Mitch McConnell
- Friend says White House security office director is recovering from severe COVID-19
- Nurse who received 1st COVID-19 vaccine in U.S. feels 'huge sense of relief,' asks people to 'believe in science'
- Iran's president says country would rejoin nuclear deal within an hour of U.S. signing on
- December 14th
- Supreme Court declines to revive Kansas voter registration ID law
- COVID-19 produced an 'unprecedented' shift in scientific priorities
- Barr will resign a month before Trump leaves office
- Michigan congressman leaves GOP over Trump's attempts to overturn the election
- FTC orders Facebook, Amazon, and more to provide data on their use of personal information
- Republicans attempt to disrupt Electoral College process in states Biden won
- Electoral College votes seal Biden's win in swing states where Trump has contested election results
- U.S. surpasses 300,000 coronavirus deaths
- Most of The Office will go behind Peacock's paywall
- Bipartisan senators split their coronavirus proposal into 2 bills, both without stimulus checks
- De Blasio: New York City should prepare for a potential 'full shutdown'
- New study boosts theory that genetic makeup plays role in COVID-19 severity
- 84 percent of Americans say they're willing to get the coronavirus vaccine
- Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down Trump's last major election challenge
- Fauci: Americans without underlying conditions could get COVID-19 vaccine by late March, early April
- Michigan GOP lawmaker punished after hinting at violent disruption of Electoral College vote
- Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny may have been poisoned by a very bad Negroni, investigation suggests
- COVID-19 vaccination officially begins in the U.S.
- Trump 2024 is reportedly a cry for attention
- Trump's feud with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp reportedly predates Election Day
- Jerry Falwell Jr. spent heavily on Trump, GOP causes with funds from nonprofit Liberty University
- Four things you may not know about Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy author John le Carre
- Gmail goes down as Google services experience major outage
- Russian report claims Putin is secretly working at a duplicate office in seaside resort
- Deradicalisation programmes not working on jailed jihadists, watchdog warns
- Coronavirus: is London heading into Tier 3 after restrictions are reviewed on Wednesday?
- What do extended negotiations mean for the odds of getting a Brexit deal?
- U.S. cybersecurity agency issues rare advisory to 'power down' all servers compromised in massive hack
- Trump says he made an 'adjustment' to plan for early coronavirus vaccines at White House
- Judge appointed by Trump heard his case to overturn Biden's win, wholly rejected it on the merits
- National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, wife are reportedly making Europe event a holiday vacation
- Authorities investigating incidents at D.C. historic Black churches as possible hate crimes
- Report: Cleveland Indians to change team name
- White House staffers to receive early access to coronavirus vaccine
- Russian hackers reportedly breached U.S. government agencies
- December 13th
- John le Carré, mold-breaking spy novelist, dies at 89
- All change: welcome to The Week’s new website
- Former FDA suggests 'costly delay' getting vaccines to nursing homes was probably avoidable
- NIH director pleads with Americans to hit 'reset button' on vaccine skepticism
- More than a quarter of excess deaths in the U.S. in 2020 were from non-COVID-19 ailments, analysis finds
- Watch the first U.S. COVID-19 vaccine shipments leave Pfizer's manufacturing plant
- SNL parodies Fauci, Birx in COVID-19 vaccine-centric cold open
- At least 23 arrested, 8 injured as violence breaks out in D.C. following pro-Trump rallies
- December 12th
- Public health experts warn government has to play 'catch up' to overcome anti-vaccine sentiment
- Initial Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shipments to begin arriving Monday
- Prominent GOP donor urges Republican senators to confirm Biden's DHS pick
- Trump complains Supreme Court displayed 'no wisdom, no courage' in rejecting Texas lawsuit
- FDA authorizes emergency use for Pfizer vaccine
- December 11th
- Supreme Court rejects Texas lawsuit seeking to overturn Biden's win
- U.S. government buys another 100 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine
- Democratic congressmember demands House leaders refuse to seat Republicans who support Texas election lawsuit
- Another 20 House Republicans join Texas lawsuit to overturn election
- White House reportedly tells FDA commissioner to approve Pfizer vaccine on Friday or resign
- FKA twigs sues Shia LaBeouf for 'relentless abuse'
- Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms reportedly went from Biden's VP list to being offered a Bahamas ambassadorship
- New York City shuts down indoor dining as coronavirus hospitalizations rise again
- Disney stock reaches new high after major film and TV announcements
- Senate overwhelmingly advances defense bill that will rename Confederate bases, squashing Trump's chances of a veto
- The EU's ambitious new coronavirus relief package is a stark contrast to U.S. gridlock
- The Week Unwrapped podcast: Cut-price music, Brexit fur and a presidential trio
- Manhattan prosecutors are reportedly 'significantly escalating' their investigation into Trump
- Ted Cruz says Senate will likely blockade Biden's nominations based on debunked election fraud allegations
- Azar says 1st U.S. COVID-19 vaccinations could begin Monday or Tuesday
- Coronavirus: test-and-trace callers worked just 1% of paid hours, watchdog finds
- Coronavirus: Tier 3 fears for London as capital tops England’s infection rate table
- The things Tesco workers wish they could tell customers
- Australian developers scrap COVID-19 vaccine candidate after false positives on HIV tests
- Brandon Bernard executed, despite objections from jurors in his case
- In 2020, world carbon dioxide emissions fell 7 percent
- Chris Evans to star in a Disney animated movie about Buzz Lightyear — but not that Buzz Lightyear
- John Mulaney and Andy Samberg are bringing back Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
- Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa won't be recast in Black Panther 2, Marvel says
- U.S. tops 3,300 COVID-19 deaths in 1 day
- Lucasfilm announces The Mandalorian spinoffs, new Patty Jenkins Star Wars film, and more
- GOP Sen. Ben Sasse calls Texas AG's election lawsuit 'a PR stunt'
- December 10th
- New Hampshire House Speaker dies of COVID-19
- Panel votes to recommend FDA approve Pfizer vaccine for emergency use
- 106 House Republicans support suit challenging blue states' election results — including 16 re-elected on the same ballots
- Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin fire back at 'seditious' Texas lawsuit
- CDC director allegedly ordered staff to delete email from Trump administration official trying to change COVID-19 report
- Moderna doses 1st participants in study of COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents
- Airbnb's co-founder learns live on air that his net worth just doubled
- Ellen DeGeneres tests positive for COVID-19
- Time reveals the 4 finalists for Person of the Year 2020
- Senate Democrats reportedly staged an intervention around Dianne Feinstein's mental 'deterioration'
- Another 853,000 Americans filed jobless claims last week, more than expected
- Taylor Swift is releasing a 2nd surprise 2020 album called Evermore
- Thieves steal equipment from Russia’s ‘doomsday’ nuclear war plane
- FDA approves at-home COVID-19 test kit that doesn't require a prescription
- Rugby union lawsuits: impact could be ‘astronomical’ for governing bodies
- Boris Johnson facing legal challenge for backing Priti Patel in bullying scandal
- Which issues were on the menu at Johnson-von der Leyen dinner?
- Brits facing EU travel ban from January as Covid rules kick in post-Brexit
- Coronavirus: richest countries ‘hoarding’ Covid vaccines from world’s poorest, watchdog says
- SpaceX Starship test flight ends in a fiery crash
- Mississippi governor says his holiday parties are still on
- GOP lawyer resigns from state judicial panel over raid on home of former data scientist
- Michigan House says 29 members, staffers have tested positive for COVID-19 this year
- U.S. records more than 3,000 COVID-19 deaths in 1 day
- December 9th
- House passes stopgap funding bill to avoid government shutdown
- The Trumps are reportedly preparing to move out of the White House
- 17 red states join Texas' lawsuit to throw out blue states' ballots — even though some had the same voting rules
- FTC sues Facebook to divest of WhatsApp and Instagram
- Canada becomes the 3rd country to approve Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine
- Google reportedly lifting political ad ban ahead of Georgia runoffs
- Fudge's HUD appointment leaves Democrats with their smallest House majority in a century
- YouTube to remove new videos falsely claiming widespread fraud changed the outcome of the election
- Coronavirus: is Germany’s Covid response stuttering as Bavaria shuts borders?
- Hospital ICUs serving a third of Americans are nearing capacity
- Man Utd: Ole’s ‘at the wheel’ but for how much longer?
- Top trending Google searches of 2020 included 'how to cut men's hair at home' and 'where is my stimulus money'
- Thanks to John Oliver's weird obsession, Pringles revealed what its mascot looks like from the neck down
- U.K. advises people with 'significant history' of allergic reactions to skip Pfizer vaccine for now
- Stephen Colbert asks the Slate Political Gabfest trio about Trump's pardons and future as GOP kingpin
- Why Donald Trump supporters are being urged to buy his $3m childhood home
- What Boris Johnson’s no-deal ‘nightmare scenario’ squad portends for post-Brexit Britain
- Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, and Jimmy Kimmel wrap up Trump's Pfizer vaccine flub, Supreme Court loss, mass pardon plan
- Coronavirus: French and Belgian ministers ‘mock’ UK rollout of world’s first Covid vaccine
- Coastal cost: £86,000 price premium for homes with a sea view
- Arizona Republican leaders are now openly sniping at each other
- Newsmax beats Fox News in ratings for the 1st time
- Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says he won't be part of Biden administration
- Bad sex award cancelled ‘because 2020 has been bad enough’
- Biden reportedly picks Tom Vilsack for another stint as agriculture secretary
- Arizona Supreme Court unanimously rejects GOP bid to void Biden's win
- Counties in Central California report zero ICU beds available due to surge of COVID-19 patients
- Rudy Giuliani, hospitalized with the coronavirus, says he has 'exactly the same view' on COVID-19
- House passes massive defense bill with veto-proof majority
- December 8th
- Biden reportedly chooses Rep. Marcia Fudge as HUD secretary
- Firm that's 'usually the first call for cyberattack victims' says it was hacked
- Supreme Court denies GOP request to block Pennsylvania election certification
- 1 in every 22 Americans has tested positive for coronavirus
- Biden cites Gen. Austin's experience pulling troops out of Iraq as major reason for his defense nod
- Ethiopian security forces reportedly shot at U.N. staffers in Tigray
- Judge dismisses Flynn case after pardon — but says it doesn't make him innocent
- Spider-Man to reportedly bring back Alfred Molina as Doctor Octopus
- Biden announces 3 COVID-19 objectives for his first 100 days in office
- Olivia Jade acknowledges her 'insane privilege' in 1st interview on college admissions scandal
- Republican leaders reportedly block Inaugural Committee vote to acknowledge Biden's win
- Watch this incredibly wholesome interview with a British man who just got the coronavirus vaccine
- Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis reportedly has coronavirus, days after coming uninvited to a White House party
- Why Biden's defense secretary pick is causing bipartisan uneasiness
- Apple's new AirPods Max headphones cost $549 — more than the PlayStation 5
- Fired cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs is suing the Trump lawyer who said he should be shot
- How Peru ended up with three different presidents in a week
- Arizona's Republican Party asks followers if they're willing to die to 'Stop the Steal'
- Operation Warp Speed chief can't explain Trump's new executive order on COVID-19 vaccines
- Tuesday's 'safe harbor' deadline essentially ends Trump's doomed election challenges
- Can ‘mixing and matching’ Covid vaccines boost protection?
- Christopher Nolan blasts Warner Bros. over HBO Max deal: 'The worst streaming service'
- Brexit-hobbled Britain ‘still tech powerhouse of Europe’
- U.K. will test 'mix and matching' COVID-19 vaccines next year
- Nine great Christmas gifts for adults
- Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers ask how many times Trump has to lose before he quits his 'coup attempt'
- Coronavirus: Moderna has had effective Covid-19 vaccine since January
- France vs. Germany rift revealed as row over Brexit deal concessions intensifies
- Trevor Noah, Jimmy Kimmel, and Jimmy Fallon would rather joke about Rudy Giuliani's farts than his COVID
- Britain begins COVID-19 vaccination drive with 90-year-old grandmother
- In final words, former Alabama state senator says 'we messed up' on COVID-19
- Fox's Lou Dobbs berates Stephen Miller for the White House not jumping on Ted Cruz's Supreme Court offer
- Loud snow in Edinburgh sparks bomb fears
- National Zoo's giant pandas to stay in the U.S. for 3 more years
- Famed test pilot Chuck Yeager, first to break the sound barrier, has died at 97
- New Los Angeles County DA eliminates cash bail
- Trump twice asked Pennsylvania House speaker to help overturn election results
- Police raid home of fired Florida data scientist who challenged state government on COVID-19 numbers
- December 7th
- Unidentified illness in southern India puts hundreds in the hospital
- White House reportedly turned down additional Pfizer vaccine purchase over the summer
- Pfizer and Moderna reportedly reject invitations to Trump's vaccine 'PR stunt'
- Breakdancing to be an Olympic sport at 2024 Paris Games
- Newly-developed blood test could predict severity of COVID-19 infections
- Schumer tells Biden he can cancel student debt with a 'flick of a pen'
- Former Phillies, White Sox star Dick Allen dies at 78
- Theater companies aren't the only ones mad about the Warner Bros. HBO Max release plan
- Economic fallout from coronavirus pandemic is 'like a Charles Dickens novel,' policy expert laments
- Fauci warns pandemic could 'really get bad' in mid-January after holiday gatherings
- Hottest November on record sets Earth on pace for warmest year in history
- Sidney Powell lawsuits meet dead end in Michigan, Georgia
- Former FDA chief Scott Gottlieb says he wouldn't eat indoors at a restaurant
- MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle says she's recovering from COVID-19: 'I am begging you, please take this seriously'
- The entire continental U.S. is now seeing 'uncontrolled' coronavirus spread
- Georgia secretary of state: 'We have now counted legally cast ballots 3 times and the results remain unchanged'
- New Mexico hospitals 'very quickly' headed toward rationing COVID-19 care
- Bob Dylan sells entire music catalog to Universal for an estimated $300 million
- 'Wear a mask,' 'I can't breathe' top list of most notable quotes of 2020
- U.S. government funding runs out Friday, and Congress will likely punt
- Robert Downey Jr. and Don Cheadle emotionally honor Chadwick Boseman at MTV Movie & TV Awards
- Georgia's top election investigator debunks a vote fraud conspiracy involving 'suitcases' of ballots, a urinal
- Playing Cupid during Covid: Tinder reveals Britain’s top chat-up lines of the year
- Georgia's GOP Gov. Kemp again rejects Trump's demand to overturn Biden's win, says it would be illegal
- ‘Avoid these hotels’: Britannia chain ranked worst in UK for eighth year running
- Coronavirus: UK to kickstart world’s first Covid vaccination rollout in less than 24 hours
- Brexit countdown: the key events to follow in deal or no-deal week
- As Trump rages, his appointees are rushing to tie Biden's hands, burnish their own careers
- William Barr, on shaky ground with Trump, might resign as attorney general before Biden takes office
- Georgia's Loeffler, Warnock face off in contentious Senate runoff debate
- Jeffrey Epstein is ‘alive and plotting’
- Arizona legislature shuts down after Rudy Giuliani's COVID-19 hospitalization
- Birx shares frustration over people spreading 'myths' about coronavirus
- Jon Ossoff tweets emoji of a chicken after Perdue won't participate in debate
- Rudy Giuliani reportedly hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19
- December 6th
- Trump suggests he'd rather watch NFL players protest during the national anthem than Fox News' daytime slate
- Democratic Sen. Mark Warner challenges Bernie Sanders, Mitch McConnell on bipartisan relief bill opposition
- White House vaccine czar confident in long-term safety of Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 shots
- Iran's activity at sea 'cautious' and 'respectful,' U.S. admiral says
- Shakespeare scholar says post-election Trump exhibiting 'classic Act V behavior'
- SNL mocks Giuliani's Michigan hearing in latest cold open
- Trump warns Georgia supporters Democrats will have 'Socialist one-party control' if they don't vote in Senate runoffs
- December 5th
- Kemp reportedly declined Trump's request for help overturning Georgia election results
- Conversation between Johnson, von der Leyen signals at least some hope for Brexit deal
- Some experts believe previous exposure to a similar virus helped East Asia fight COVID-19. Others are doubtful.
- Most congressional Republicans are still avoiding acknowledging a winner in the presidential election, survey finds
- Republican Georgia election official says Trump has put Loeffler, Perdue 'in a box'
- Russia rolls out COVID-19 vaccine in Moscow
- Judge deals potential final blow to Trump's attempt to end DACA protections
- December 4th
- Trump orders all troops out of Somalia
- Trump ousts nonpartisan Pentagon advisory board, installs Corey Lewandowski and other loyalists
- CDC urges universal use of masks indoors outside of home for the 1st time
- Sidney Powell's new lawsuit puzzlingly alleges voter fraud benefited Trump
- Oscar Isaac reportedly cast as Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid film
- House passes bill to decriminalize marijuana on the federal level
- Pelosi says she supports a smaller coronavirus stimulus now because Biden won the election
- Black Panther star Letitia Wright slammed after tweeting anti-vaccine video
- Coronavirus vaccines may be less effective for Black and Asian recipients, MIT study suggests
- Coronavirus: how war-torn Yemen managed to become Covid-free
- U.S. surpasses 275,000 coronavirus deaths as 12 states set daily death records
- U.S. economy adds 245,000 jobs in November, a 'red flag that momentum is waning'
- Fauci warns post-Thanksgiving COVID-19 peak hasn't happened yet: 'It is likely we'll see more of a surge'
- France launches raids on radical mosques in crackdown on ‘political Islam’
- Why the UK was faster than US is race to approve Pfizer vaccine
- Is last-minute ‘curveball’ from the EU about to trigger a no-deal Brexit?
- Trump administration pushes ahead with sale of oil and gas leases in Alaska wildlife refuge
- Adolf Hitler wins local election in Namibia
- Fox News host Juan Williams tests positive for COVID-19
- Report: DOJ investigated top GOP donor, Kushner lawyer in suspected pardon scheme
- Biden says he's concerned about reports Trump is considering preemptive pardons
- California imposes regional stay-at-home order so hospital system doesn't become 'overwhelmed'
- December 3rd
- Trump DOJ takes final crack at Facebook, alleging it hired foreign workers over U.S. citizens
- Growing number of Senate Republicans voice support for bipartisan coronavirus relief bill
- Pfizer will only deliver half the vaccines it expected to this year
- Trump's 'eyes and ears' at the Justice Department reportedly banned from the building
- Warner Bros. to release all of its 2021 films on HBO Max and in theaters simultaneously
- Wisconsin Supreme Court declines to hear Trump's election challenge
- Biden reportedly picks Obama veterans for coronavirus czar and surgeon general
- Facebook says it will remove false claims about COVID-19 vaccines
- Trump reportedly derailed a GOP meeting about the Georgia Senate runoffs by praising QAnon
- New jobless claims decline to 712,000 after rising 2 weeks in a row
- Quiz of The Week: 28 November - 4 December
- Florida attorney reportedly under investigation after telling Republicans to change 'your address for the next 2 months' for Georgia runoffs
- 1 American is dying of COVID-19 every 30 seconds
- Trump's bid to exclude immigrants from the 2020 census appears doomed
- ‘An emotional night’: fans applauded on return to English football stadiums
- Coronavirus: how the deep-freezed Pfizer vaccine will be rolled out across Britain
- Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Trevor Noah see guilt, grift, acceptance in Trump's coming pardons
- Thousands of Britain’s busiest bridges ‘at risk of failure’, official data show
- Bentley prepares for no-deal Brexit by booking cargo planes to fly in car parts
- Ivanka Trump questioned under oath in misuse of inauguration funds lawsuit
- Is Emmanuel Macron set to sink Brexit deal with French veto?
- Biden joked about rewriting Hamilton for Janet Yellen. Colbert's Late Show made it happen.
- Biden apparently plans to keep Christopher Wray as FBI director, 'unless Trump fired him'
- Congress, with bipartisan flashes of irritation, shrugs off Trump's defense bill veto threat
- Five-day old sushi leaves woman with months of hallucinations
- Trump is reportedly 'livid' at Barr, has discussed terminating him
- At least 41 coronavirus cases traced to swingers convention in New Orleans
- Ivanka Trump deposed as part of lawsuit over use of inauguration funds
- Obama says he may get COVID-19 vaccine live on TV so people know to 'trust this science'
- U.S. shatters records for new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations
- December 2nd
- Iran moves to ramp up uranium enrichment and ban international inspectors
- 6 Republican heavyweights told Politico they're pumped for Trump 2024. 6 were less effusive.
- Trump gives 45-minute speech about voter fraud — which 1 analyst says he'd be making in court if it had any merit
- Hugh Keays-Byrne, Mad Max actor who starred as Immortan Joe, dies at 73
- David Perdue has accounted for nearly one-third of the Senate's stock trades during his term
- 'Stop the Steal' rally asks Trump supporters not to vote in Georgia's Senate runoffs
- CDC director warns of 'the most difficult time in the public health history of this nation'
- Schumer, Pelosi ask McConnell to work with bipartisan Senate group's pandemic relief framework
- Arizona Democrat Mark Kelly sworn into the Senate
- John Mulaney says the Secret Service investigated him after SNL joke
- Joint Chiefs chair sparks backlash after stating U.S. has 'achieved a modicum of success' in Afghanistan
- Freshly pardoned Michael Flynn shares message telling Trump to 'suspend the Constitution' to hold a new presidential election
- Pat Patterson, legendary WWE wrestler, dies at 79
- Retiring GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander praised for bipartisan efforts as he bids farewell
- Trump will sign McConnell's coronavirus stimulus bill, Mnuchin says
- Fauci among People magazine's people of the year for 2020
- Just for show, not to race: Ferrari SF1000 goes to auction
- Trump reportedly may announce a 2024 run before his term ends
- Most U.S. adults should get access to a COVID-19 vaccine by May
- The CDC will reportedly shorten the recommended COVID-19 quarantine period
- Naked MEP leaps from window after ‘all-male orgy’ bust
- Trump might pardon Ivanka, Eric, and Don Jr., though it's not clear how that would work
- Where to buy jewellery gifts this Christmas
- Coronavirus: four things we learned from the leaked Wuhan Covid-19 files
- F1: Mick Schumacher joins Nikita Mazepin in all-new driver line-up at Haas
- Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, and Trevor Noah count the new ways Trump is 'undefeated at losing'
- Total ban on imports of rubbish to China piles pressure on Asian neighbours
- Debenhams ‘fire sale’ sparks online shopping frenzy
- Michel Barnier facing EU scrutiny over Brexit deal compromises
- U.K. approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for widespread emergency use, starting next week
- Trump threatens to veto defense spending bill if Congress doesn't revoke unrelated social media shield
- Justice Department recently investigated a suspected 'bribery-for-pardon' scheme involving White House
- December 1st
- Salesforce to acquire Slack in a $27.7 billion deal
- CDC advisory panel recommends long-term care residents, health-care workers receive COVID-19 vaccine first
- Trump's campaign lawyers turn on Barr
- Georgia election official demands Trump stop 'inspiring' violence: 'Someone's going to get killed'
- Barr says Justice Department has found no evidence of election-altering fraud
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court hears Bill Cosby's appeal of sexual assault conviction
- Trump reportedly ousts top Pentagon official leading ISIS fight
- Elizabeth Warren appears to have 'strongly' influenced the shape of Biden’s Treasury
- George Floyd family lawyer Ben Crump recommends Kamala Harris' brother-in-law for attorney general
- Elliot Page, The Umbrella Academy and Juno star, comes out as transgender
- Senate Republicans called out for hypocrisy after complaining about Biden nominee's tweets
- The White House is getting ready to host a slate of lavish holiday parties, pandemic be darned
- Bipartisan Senate group pushes $908 billion COVID-19 relief bill
- Giuliani has reportedly talked with Trump about a possible 'pre-emptive' pardon
- U.S. air quality monitors have a terrible record of detecting even the most obvious pollution
- Facebook's oversight board announces 1st cases
- Trump wants Georgia's GOP governor to 'call off the election'
- Why Labour is abstaining on coronavirus tier vote
- Trump attorney says ousted cybersecurity chief who debunked voter fraud claims should be 'shot'
- 2 Georgia Democrats are competing Tuesday to serve the final month of Rep. John Lewis' term
- Obama tells Stephen Colbert he messed up by not giving Dolly Parton the Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Mysterious monolith pops up in Romania as Utah version vanishes
- Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon dump on Trump's 'embarrassing' 1st post-election interview, tiny desk
- GOP Sen. Josh Hawley tries to explain how Democrats are both 'Marxists' and 'corporatists'
- Biden and Harris get their 1st look at Trump's top-secret presidential briefing
- Thai fisherman finds whale vomit worth £2.4m
- Biden's favorability rating jumped 6 points since the election, is already higher than Trump ever hit
- Report: Trump has raised more than $150 million since Election Day
- Canada unveils its biggest economic relief package since World War II
- Controversial Trump coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas resigns
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