DECEMBER 2, 2020
A technician working in a lab at Sinovac Biotech where the company is producing their potential COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac, pictured on September 24 in Beijing, China. Interpol has issued a global alert warning its 194 member countries to “prepare for organized crime networks targeting COVID-19 vaccines." - Getty Images
Interpol issued a global alert on Wednesday,...
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Following months of litigation between the Small Business Administration and news organizations seeking data about who benefited from pandemic relief programs, the agency on Tuesday night released a sweeping dataset of every small business that received a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) or Economic Injury Disaster (EIDL) loan.
The data reveals the most complete accounting to date of the...
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Blood samples from patients with Covid-19 in a lab in Brooklyn earlier this year. - Misha Friedman/NY Times
The coronavirus may have infected a small number of people in the United States as early as Dec. 13, more than a month earlier than researchers had thought, according to scientists who analyzed blood samples taken from American Red...
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Workers sort and stack ballots in preparation for scanning during a recount Nov. 24 in Lithonia, Ga. (Ben Gray/AP)
In broad strokes, the theory goes something like this.
Voting machines provided to counties by Dominion Voting Systems allowed a national conspiracy involving both Democrats and Republicans to flip votes cast for President Trump to ones for President-elect Joe...
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Brad Parscale - Former Trump Campaign Manager. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
Donald Trump’s former campaign manager said that the president erred in not showing more empathy about the coronavirus pandemic, costing him crucial support among suburban families in swing states like Pennsylvania and Georgia.
“I think if he would have been publicly empathetic, he would have won by a landslide,”...
DECEMBER 1, 2020
A pardon for Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump’s lawyer, is certain to prompt accusations that Mr. Trump has used his power to obstruct investigations and insulate himself and his allies. - Erin Schaff/NY Times
President Trump has discussed with advisers whether to grant pre-emptive pardons to his children, to his son-in-law and to his personal lawyer Rudolph W....
DECEMBER 1, 2020
A Georgia election official on Tuesday condemned threats of physical violence and intimidation against election workers and officials, pleading with President Donald Trump to denounce the threats and urging both of the state's Republican senators to intervene.
"It's all gone too far," said Gabriel Sterling, the voting systems implementation manager for the Georgia secretary of state's office, during...
DECEMBER 1, 2020
President Donald Trump listens as FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn, left, speaks during a media briefing at the White House on Aug. 23, 2020. - Alex Brandon/AP Photo
A president who preached "America First" is demanding to know why the United States could end up third, or worse, in the global vaccine race.
President Donald Trump and his...
DECEMBER 1, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. Congress faces a rapidly approaching deadline to pass a new round of funding for the U.S. government, with dimming odds of hashing out another coronavirus relief package.
In a long-shot request, Republican allies of President Donald Trump say they have asked the U.S. Supreme...
DECEMBER 1, 2020
FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2020, file photo U.S. Attorney General William Barr speaks during a roundtable discussion on Operation Legend in St. Louis. Even before Barr issued a memo that authorized federal prosecutors across the country to investigate “substantial allegations” of voting irregularities if they exist, the Justice Department had already begun looking into two...
