NOVEMBER 25, 2020
Dr. Mustafa Gerek participates in a coronavirus vaccine trial at Ankara City Hospital in Ankara, Turkey on October 13, 2020. Aytac Unal/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Three companies developing COVID-19 vaccines — AstraZeneca, Moderna, and Pfizer — have released positive results from their late-stage trials.
Pfizer already applied for emergency authorization from the FDA. Its...
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak Presents Spending Plans. - Photographer: Bloomberg
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s move to cut the U.K.’s foreign aid budget opened a new rift within the ruling Conservative Party. It also masks a key political objective for Boris Johnson.
The prime minister won a landslide election last December by convincing Brexit-backing working-class...
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani speaks during a Pennsylvania Senate Majority Policy Committee public hearing, Nov. 25, 2020, in Gettysburg, Pa. - Samuel Corum/Getty Images
President Donald Trump phoned into a meeting of Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers to say he believes he was "cheated" out of a victory in the 2020 election and the outcome should be...
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
President Donald Trump gives a presidential ‘pardon’ to the National Thanksgiving Turkey Butter in the Rose Garden of the White House November 26, 2019 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
The dumbest of coups is almost over, no thanks to Republicans who stood idly by while Trump assaulted the democratic process and left the...
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
Prodigiously skilled footballer who captained Argentina to victory in the 1986 World Cup
Diego Maradona before the start of the World Cup final between Argentina and West Germany in Mexico City in 1986. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Religious faith is a psychological prop for many a footballer, but Diego Maradona, who has died aged 60 after suffering a heart attack,...
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
The U.S. Capitol as seen on January 24, 2018. - John Shinkle/POLITICO
Top House and Senate appropriators on Tuesday clinched a deal on a bipartisan set of funding levels, paving the way for a $1.4 trillion spending package to avert a government shutdown next month.
The agreement on the funding allocations, confirmed by a House Democratic aide, establishes...
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
US President-elect. - Andrew Harnik/AP
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President-elect Joe Biden is moving quickly to take advantage of government resources for his transition to the White House after the Trump administration ended a 16-day stalemate and announced its intention to begin cooperating with his team.
Mr. Biden’s advisers are making plans to meet with career officials at executive agencies...
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Moose crossing a road in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. - Valerie Domaine/Parks Canada
Visitors at a Canadian national park were greeted with a rather unusual digital road sign this weekend: “Do not let moose lick your car.”
The sign caught the imagination of the internet and led to questions like:
“What happens if a moose licks your...
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks at The Queen in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 9, 2020. President Donald Trump was still refusing to concede his election loss November 9, 2020, but Democrat Joe Biden plowed ahead anyway with the first meeting of a parallel coronavirus task force, initiating an awkward and potentially volatile transition period. - ANGELA WEISS,...
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Biden moves forward as GOP breaks with Trump rise - Joe Raedle/Getty Images
President-elect Joe Biden on Monday began filling out his Cabinet positions, even as President Trump's campaign launched new long-shot efforts to challenge the results of this month's presidential election.
Biden rolled out his national security team on Monday, announcing his intent to nominate longtime aide Antony...
