Dec 09 Americans want more COVID-19 economic relief. Most think Congress should compromise By Laura Santhanam More than two-thirds of Americans also say they or someone they know has been sick with the virus, and more people said they would get vaccinated against the virus, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. Continue reading
Dec 08 New White House offer adds $600 checks to COVID-19 relief By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press The Trump administration dived back into COVID-19 negotiations, offering a $916 billion package to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that adds a $600 direct payment to most Americans. Continue reading
Dec 08 Trump's false election claims take hold among some Republicans By Nomaan Merchant, Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press Some activists say they see the so-called "stop the steal" campaign as the animating force behind the next wave of Trump-era conservative politics. Continue reading
Dec 08 House moves to approve defense policy bill amid Trump veto threat By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Trump tweeted Tuesday that he will veto "the very weak National Defense Authorization Act" unless it repeals Section 230, a part of the communications code that shields Twitter, Facebook and other tech giants from content liability. Continue reading
Dec 08 WATCH: Trump speaks at White House vaccine summit By Zeke Miller, Associated Press Biden officials were not invited to a White House event on the vaccine, and representatives from the drug companies also didn't attend. Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch 4:14 News Wrap: California goes into lockdown with sharp rise in COVID-19 cases In our news wrap Monday, COVID-19 numbers continue to rise sharply as much of California goes into lockdown, President-elect Joe Biden announces his selections to oversee the pandemic and health care, the top elections official in Georgia has re-certified the… Continue watching
Dec 07 Trump summit aims to boost faith in vaccine; excludes Biden team By Zeke Miller, Associated Press The Trump administration is hoping to instill public confidence in forthcoming vaccines for the coronavirus with a White House summit Tuesday featuring experts who will outline the distribution and administration process. Continue reading
Dec 07 Trump lawyer Giuliani in hospital after positive COVID-19 test By Aamer Madhani, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press The 76-year-old former New York mayor was exhibiting some symptoms and was admitted Sunday to Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He is the latest in Trump's inner circle to contract the disease that is now surging across the… Continue reading
Dec 07 WATCH: Trump awards Medal of Freedom to Iowa wrestler Dan Gable President Donald Trump presented the nation's highest civilian honor to Dan Gable, a renowned wrestler and coach from Iowa who won a gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Trump called Gable "the greatest wrestler, probably ever."… Continue reading
Dec 06 AP FACT CHECK: Trump floods rally with audacious falsehoods By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press President Donald Trump flooded his first postelection political rally with debunked conspiracy theories and audacious falsehoods Saturday as he claimed victory in an election he decisively lost. Continue reading