Congress scrambles to reach stimulus deal as deadline nears
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
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Why some States are seeing higher revenue than expected amid job losses
As the pandemic batters the poor, the rich prop up state budgets. — NYT: Top Stories
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New York spent $1 billion on virus supplies. Now it wants money back
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
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Nikki Giovanni, finding the song in the darkest days
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
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Trump asking about special prosecutor for Hunter Biden
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
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From voter fraud to vaccine lies: Misinformation peddlers shift gears
Election-related falsehoods have subsided, but misleading claims about the coronavirus vaccines are surging — often spread by the same people. — NYT: Top Stories
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Crunch time for COVID-19 relief as bipartisan bills unveiled
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
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Early in-person voting begins in Georgia Senate runoffs
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
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In Georgia, can elections be boring again?
Georgia’s secretary of state infuriated Donald Trump when he stood by Georgia’s presidential election results. Now he has the critical task of overseeing two U.S. Senate runoffs that will determine the fate of the nation. — NYT: Top Stories