DECEMBER 7, 2020
The White House is pushing back on a New York Times report that it had the opportunity to buy far more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine this summer but declined, meaning Pfizer might not be able to provide more than the initial deal until June.
A senior administration official told reporters Monday that the New York Times...
DECEMBER 6, 2020
A barricade in April in Wuhan, China, where the coronavirus emerged, meant to keep people out of a residential compound. Noel Celis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
The mild-mannered German scientist never anticipated becoming a Chinese propaganda star.
But Alexander Kekulé, the director of the Institute for Biosecurity Research in Halle, Germany, has been all over the state-run...
DECEMBER 6, 2020
President- elect Joe Biden holds a virtual meeting Friday with leaders of counties across the country. - Demetrius Freeman/TWP
When President-elect Joe Biden put his weight behind a coronavirus aid package recently, it energized an effort that had seemed dead and nudged political adversaries to the bargaining table, with success now looking far more likely.
President Trump, meanwhile, spent...
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...
