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...
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
Joseph R. Biden Jr. ran as a determined pragmatist, believing that his party would embrace him as its best chance to beat President Trump. - Amr Alfiky/NY Times
On a January evening in 2019, Joseph R. Biden Jr. placed a call to the mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, a personal friend and political ally who had...
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In late July 2011, with an economy-shaking Treasury default only a few days away and Congress flailing, Senator Mitch McConnell received a Saturday phone call from Joseph R. Biden Jr., then the vice president.
Senate Majority Leader Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) arrives for the impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill February...
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
Jared Kushner and Melania Trump - Win McNamee/Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
President Donald Trump's inner circle is beginning to split over his ongoing refusal to accept the results of the 2020 election, as Jared Kushner and first lady Melania Trump advised him to come to terms with President-elect Joe Biden's victory and his adult sons pressed him and allies...
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
Ultimately, few Republicans expressed concern that President Donald Trump would refuse to leave the White House after Inauguration Day. - Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede the election to President-elect Joe Biden is splitting the GOP — and increasingly putting congressional Republicans in a bind.
GOP lawmakers offered dueling sentiments on Sunday, a day after...
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
FILE PHOTO: U.S President Donald Trump returns to the White House after news media declared Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden to be the winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Washington. - Reuters/CARLOS BARRIA
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Donald Trump had reason to count on the loyalty of the large chunk of Americans who drove his improbable...
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
New Highs
Worldwide cases of Covid-19 surpassed 50 million and the U.S. reported some 126,000 new infections for the third consecutive day. U.S. deaths remained at more than 1,000 for a fifth day, a streak last seen in August, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg.
President-elect Joe Biden’s victory signals a turning point in...
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
U.S President Donald Trump returns to the White House after news media declared Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden to be the winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Washington. - Reuters/CARLOS BARRIA
U.S. President Donald Trump will be subject to the same Twitter Inc rules as any other user when President-elect Joe Biden takes office...
