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The president-elect's proposed economic rescue package is larger and more targeted to the country's needs than the stimulus plan he helped steer into law as vice president in 2009
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Mexico Frees a General, and Wounds Its Alliance With the U.S

1 hour ago | NY Times

The Biden administration will need to rebuild drug-enforcement cooperation after Mexico exonerated Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos, discounting U.S. evidence that he worked for a cartel.
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AccuWeather: Steady rainfall overnight

2 hours ago | ABC

Meteorologist Adam Joseph says a few showers will develop after sunset. A steadier rainfall moves in overnight.
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State Capitols Fortify Against Threats Before Inauguration

2 hours ago | Bloomberg

If any state knows the threat of domestic terrorists, it's Michigan.
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Biden Plans Fewer Rules, More Shots in Revised Vaccination Drive

2 hours ago | Bloomberg

President-Elect Joe Biden proposed to overhaul eligibility rules for coronavirus vaccines and open more sites to receive shots, but his plan to rev up U.S. inoculations largely...
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Biden Asks Americans to ‘Mask Up' for 100 Days, Criticizing GOP

2 hours ago | Bloomberg

President-elect Joe Biden called on all Americans to wear masks in public for 100 days to combat the spread of the coronavirus, saying it was “stupid” that face coverings had...
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Fed's Rosengren Calls Biden Stimulus Plan Big Yet ‘Appropriate'

3 hours ago | Bloomberg

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said President-elect Joe Biden's request for $1.9 trillion in economic relief is needed as growth shows signs of slowing.
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Pence Reaches Out to Harris as Trump Plans to Skip Inauguration

3 hours ago | Bloomberg | 4 articles

Vice President Mike Pence called Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Thursday in what has been the highest-level contact between the outgoing and incoming administrations...
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Guatemala Deploys Troops to Stop Migrants Heading to U.S. Border

5 hours ago | Bloomberg

Guatemalan troops, police and health workers are setting up 16 checkpoints across the country to try to detect migrants traveling to the U.S. border from Honduras.
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Summers Says Economy Can Handle Overheating From Biden Aid Plan

5 hours ago | Bloomberg

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said President-elect Joe Biden's proposed stimulus package would cause the economy to overheat - and that could be a good thing.
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NRA filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy, plans to reincorporate in Texas

The National Rifle Association says it's filing a voluntary Chapter 11 petition. Read more ...

CDC: New virus variant will have 'rapid growth' in US at beginning of this year

Health officials say by March, a new and more infectious strain of coronavirus will likely become the dominant strain in the U.S. Read more ...

Call Is First Contact Between Presidential Campaigns

More than two months after the election, the rival presidential campaigns have had their first direct contact with each other. VP Mike Pence called Kamala Harris to offer his... Read more ...

NRA declares bankruptcy, plans to incorporate in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas - The National Rifle Association announced Friday it has filed for bankruptcy and will seek to incorporate the nation's most politically influential gun-rights... Read more ...

Trump to leave Washington on morning of Biden's inauguration

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will leave Washington next Wednesday morning, just before President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, to begin his post-presidential life in... Read more ...

You can shop every single product from Netflix's 'Get Organized' right now

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Capitol rioters intended to 'capture and assassinate' elected officials...

"Strong evidence, including Chansley's own words and actions at the Capitol, supports that the intent of the Capitol rioters was to capture and assassinate elected officials in... Read more ...

Global death toll from COVID-19 tops 2M amid vaccine rollout

The global death toll from COIVID-19 has topped 2 million as vaccines developed at breakneck speed are being rolled out around the world in an all-out campaign to vanquish the... Read more ...

Disneyland is canceling its popular annual parks pass after being closed for...

Summary List Placement Disney announced on Thursday it is discontinuing its annual pass program for Disneyland and Disney California Adventure theme parks. Due to California... Read more ...

Coronavirus will knock more than a year off average US life expectancy...

When combined with provisional estimates of U.S. death rates for the first half of the year, the data shows a clear rise in the mortality rate as the pandemic took hold of the... Read more ...