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Vice President Mike Pence got the shot today. “I didn’t feel a thing,” he said. California reported 3 percent availability of I.C.U. beds. — NYT: Top Stories
Lawmakers are hammering out details of a $900 billion relief package and a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown at midnight. — NYT: Top Stories
As the pandemic batters the poor, the rich prop up state budgets. — NYT: Top Stories
City and state officials are trying to recover millions from quick deals made during the worst weeks of the pandemic this spring. — NYT: Top Stories
Part of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s, part of a Biden campaign ad in 2020, she has never stopped writing. — NYT: Top Stories
Surrounded by Army cadets, President Donald Trump watches the first half of the 121st Army-Navy Football Game in Michie Stadium at the United States Military Academy, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) WASHINGTON (AP) — President
Election-related falsehoods have subsided, but misleading claims about the coronavirus vaccines are surging — often spread by the same people. — NYT: Top Stories
The Capitol is seen in Washington, Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, as the House and Senate return to work. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers was unveiling a detailed COVID-19 aid proposal Monday as Congress labored
People wait in line to vote in Evans, Ga., Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Early in-person voting began Monday in Georgia for the state’s twin U.S. Senate runoffs. (Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP) ATLANTA (AP) — What could be the main