NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar predicted Tuesday that there would be enough Covid-19 vaccine for general public vaccination campaigns by spring 2021.
In an appearance on the TODAY show, Azar outlined what he said would be the distribution schedule for Pfizer's and other companies' experimental vaccines, none of which are approved, but Pfizer said Monday...
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
President Trump has spread claims about the integrity of the election that are at odds with extensive evidence, but congressional Republicans have been reluctant to confront him. - Doug Mills/NY Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Since he was elected, President Trump’s relationships with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill have mostly fallen into one of two categories: the unbreakable...
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Texas Gov. George W. Bush greets Vice President Al Gore at Washington University in St. Louis on Oct. 17, 2000. - LAURA RAUCH/AP
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Around 2:30 a.m. on Nov. 8, 2000, Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore had called his Republican opponent, George W. Bush, to concede, and he began making his way to the War Memorial...
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
“Every legal challenge should be heard,” Representative Kevin McCarthy of California said. “Then and only then will America decide who won the race.” - Anna Moneymaker/NY Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. prepared on Sunday to start building his administration, even as Republican leaders and scores of party lawmakers refrained from acknowledging his victory out...
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
A health worker wearing a protective mask works in a lab during clinical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine at Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Florida, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Drugmakers racing to produce Covid-19 vaccines pledged to avoid shortcuts on science as they face pressure to rush a shot to market. Photographer: Eva...
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 05: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the briefing room at the White House on November 5, 2020 in Washington, DC. Votes are still being counted two days after the presidential election as incumbent Trump is in a close race against challenger Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, which remains too close to call....
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump boards Air Force One as he departs for campaign travel at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida. Reuters/CARLOS BARRIA
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States has a long history of peaceful transfers of power that is likely to continue despite President Donald Trump's attacks on the legitimacy of the election result, national security...
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
A volunteer in Pfizer’s clinical trial was vaccinated this month at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. - Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, via AP
The drug maker Pfizer announced on Monday that an early analysis of its coronavirus vaccine trial suggested the vaccine was robustly effective in preventing Covid-19, a promising development as the world has waited...
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
Double Dare host Alex Trebek, in 1976. - Courtesy Everett Collection
Alex Trebek, whose 36-year run as the host of Jeopardy! cemented him as a legend among television hosts, died on Nov. 8, 2020 at the age of 80—more than a year after he was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
“Jeopardy! is saddened to share that Alex Trebek...
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
Rep.-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) speaks during a rally held by Trump supporters outside the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta on Saturday. - Kevin D. Liles/TWP
Republicans have made claims of election irregularities in five states where President-elect Joe Biden leads in the vote count, alleging in lawsuits and public statements that election officials did not follow proper...
