DECEMBER 5, 2020
Rodeo Drive has less cars and pedestrians doing holiday shopping this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. With coronavirus cases surging at a record pace, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new stay-at-home order Thursday and said if people don't comply the state's hospitals will be overwhelmed with infected...
DECEMBER 5, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing at the White House on November 19. - Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
The U.S. COVID-19 outbreak will "get worse before it gets better" and the country won't see "dramatic changes" until the...
DECEMBER 5, 2020
House Speaker Rusty Bowers presides before Gov. Doug Ducey's State of the State address at the Arizona State Capitol on January 13, 2020. - Michael Chow/The Republic
PHOENIX, ARIZONA – Republican Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives Rusty Bowers said Friday that pleas from some GOP lawmakers to overturn the results of the state's presidential election...
DECEMBER 4, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden said his January inauguration is likely to resemble the largely virtual Democratic National Convention last summer due to the coronavirus pandemic, and he said he would emphasize safety to avoid spreading the virus.
“My guess is there will not be a gigantic inaugural parade down Pennsylvania Avenue. But my guess is you’ll see a lot...
DECEMBER 4, 2020
National Security Council Senior Director of Counterterrorism Kashyap "Kash" Pramod Patel listen as U.S. President Donald Trump makes a statement in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House October 27, 2019 in Washington, DC. - Alex Wong/Getty Images
The Trump administration prevented President-elect Joe Biden's transition team from meeting with its counterparts at Pentagon intelligence agencies...
DECEMBER 4, 2020
FILE PHOTO - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, World Health Organization President Tedros Adhanom speaks to the press during the World Health Organization conference on noncommunicable diseases in Montevideo, Uruguay. At a meeting of WHO’s member states, Monday Nov. 9, 2020, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he welcomed “any and all attempts...
DECEMBER 4, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden speaks about jobs at The Queen theater, Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
California certified its presidential election Friday and appointed 55 electors pledged to vote for Democrat Joe Biden, officially handing him the Electoral College majority needed to win the White House.
Secretary of State Alex Padilla's formal approval of...
DECEMBER 3, 2020
The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. A flurry of changes in the Pentagon's top ranks is underway as President Trump elevates long-time allies in moves that critics say sends a signal of turmoil in the leadership of the U.S. military just after a contentious election.
The Pentagon added four more Chinese companies...
DECEMBER 3, 2020
FILE PHOTO: Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou arrives at court in Vancouver. - Reuters/JENNIFER GAUTHIER
(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is discussing a deal with lawyers for Huawei's finance chief, Meng Wanzhou, that would allow her to return to China from Canada, a person familiar with the matter said.
FILE PHOTO: A Huawei logo is...
DECEMBER 3, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Dr. Anthony Fauci formally met with President-elect Joe Biden's transition team for the first time on Thursday to discuss the response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Fauci told NBC News he participated in a “very productive Zoom meeting," which lasted for an hour, with Biden’s team. Fauci said they discussed “a variety of Covid-related topics.” A...
