DECEMBER 23, 2020
Stimulus payments will not be taxed — and you may be eligible to collect additional stimulus money. - Getty Images/iStockphoto
Congress has passed a COVID-19 relief bill that will provide a second round of stimulus checks to millions of Americans as soon as next week — assuming President Trump doesn't veto it
Everything you need to know about the new $900...
DECEMBER 22, 2020
Mohammed Bin Salman denies involvement in Khashoggi killing
The Trump administration is considering granting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman legal immunity from a federal lawsuit alleging that he ordered an assassination squad to kill a former top Saudi intelligence official who shared information with the US, according to sources familiar with the situation.
Saad Aljabri alleges in his...
DECEMBER 22, 2020
Televangelist Pat Robertson, a prominent conservative backer of Donald Trump, said Monday that the President is living in an "alternate reality" and should "move on" from his 2020 election loss.
"With all his talent, and the ability to raise money and draw large crowds, the President still lives in an alternate reality," Robertson said Monday on "The 700...
DECEMBER 22, 2020
The CEO of BioNTech, the German firm that co-developed Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, said Tuesday he is confident it will work against a new, more infectious strain of the virus.
"We don't know at the moment if our vaccine is also able to provide protection against this new variant," Ugur Sahin told reporters Tuesday, according to Bloomberg. "But scientifically,...
DECEMBER 21, 2020
President Donald Trump in Arlington, Virginia, on November 3. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images
Bruce Bartman, a 70-year-old from Delaware County, Pennsylvania, has been charged with voter fraud.
He pretended to be his dead mom to vote for President Donald Trump in the 2020 election and registered his dead mother-in-law to vote, prosecutors said.
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DECEMBER 21, 2020
Attorney General William Barr speaks during a news conference, Dec. 21, 2020 at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. - Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP
Attorney General William Barr said Monday he has seen no reason for a special counsel to investigate possible fraud in the November election, contradicting an idea proposed by President Donald Trump.
Barr, who is set...
DECEMBER 21, 2020
FOLKESTONE, England — A line of trucks stretched for miles back from the entrance to the Channel tunnel here Monday, as the U.K. braced for potential food shortages and manufacturers worried over more disruptions if France continued a ban on freight and passenger traffic from Britain to stop the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus.
The...
DECEMBER 20, 2020
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, a Democrat from New York, wears a protective mask and talks on mobile device while walking through the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. Congressional leaders have arrived at a roughly $900 billion deal to help the U.S. economy weather the coronavirus pandemic. - Ting Shen/Bloomberg...
DECEMBER 20, 2020
FILE Sen. Mark Warner makes remarks after being presented the National Park Foundations Hero award during a ceremony at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial on Monday Dec 7, 2020. - CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images
As United States officials continue to assess the impact of a widespread cyber hack of several federal agencies and large private companies, the top...
DECEMBER 19, 2020
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Russia for the SolarWinds hack that compromised numerous federal agencies and U.S. corporations, while President Trump said he was skeptical of a growing consensus in Washington about the country’s role.
“This was a very significant effort, and I think it’s the case that now we can say pretty clearly that it was...
