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President Trump speaks as Jovita Carranza, administrator of the Small Business Administration; Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin; and Ivanka Trump, advisor to the president, listen during a Paycheck Protection Program event in the East Room of the White House
NPR
Money

Scores of private charitable foundations got Paycheck Protection Program money

Scores of private charitable foundations linked to some of the nation's wealthiest people received money from the federal PPP. Critics say they didn't need a taxpayer subsidy.

5 years ago

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during her weekly news conference last week on Capitol Hill.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Congressional leaders near deal on roughly $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill

The sudden rush towards agreement comes after months of public, partisan bickering and virtually no private negotiation on an aid package.

5 years ago

White flags planted by volunteers visualize lives lost in the U.S. to COVID-19 as part of an installation by artist Suzanne Firstenberg in Washington, D.C. The death toll has now reached 300,000.
NPR
Community

How do we grieve 300,000 lives lost?

Eleven months into the COVID-19 crisis, an unimaginable death toll has been reached. NPR spoke to doctors, nurses and the bereaved about how they face loss every day.

5 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden speaks Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, at The Queen theater
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania casts 20 electoral college votes for Biden

Pennsylvania’s 20 electors have cast their votes for Joe Biden. This was expected — though some Republicans still want to circumvent the result.

5 years ago

Dry ice is poured into a box containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as it is prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant
Health

‘Relieved’: US health workers start getting COVID-19 vaccine

Hospitals are rolling out the first small shipments Monday, as boxes of precious frozen vials arrive at locations around the country.

5 years ago

The U.S. Treasury Department building viewed from the Washington Monument
NPR
Politics & Policy

Russia suspected in months-long cyber attack on federal agencies

Hackers invaded computer systems at the departments of Treasury and Commerce starting in the spring, according to reports.

5 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden
NPR
Politics & Policy

Electors across the country vote for president: What you need to know

Typically, the Electoral College vote is broadly overlooked. But because of President Trump's efforts to overturn the election, every step is being closely watched.

5 years ago

Dusk settles over the White House
Politics & Policy

In reversal, Trump says he’s nixing plan for early vaccine at White House

Trump made the announcement hours after his administration confirmed that senior U.S. officials, including White House aides who work in close proximity to Trump and Pence.

5 years ago

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) speaks alongside a bipartisan group of Democrat and Republican members of Congress as they announce a proposal for a Covid-19 relief bill on Capitol Hill
NPR
Politics & Policy

As year-end looms, lawmakers still seek deal on more coronavirus aid

With lawmakers facing a mounting year-end to-do list, a deal on a new coronavirus relief package continues to be elusive for Congress.

5 years ago

Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage
Health

COVID-19 vaccine shipments begin in historic US effort

Shipments of the Pfizer vaccine will kickstart the biggest vaccination effort in American history at a critical juncture of the pandemic that has killed 1.6 million people.

5 years ago

Supporters of President Donald Trump who are wearing attire associated with the Proud Boys attend a rally at Freedom Plaza,
Politics & Policy

Multiple people stabbed after pro-Trump demonstrations in D.C.

The gatherings of mostly unmasked Trump loyalists were intended as a show of force just two days before the Electoral College meets to formally elect Biden as president.

5 years ago

A woman receives an injection of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a health centre on the first day of the largest immunisation programme in the UK's history on December 8, 2020 in Cardiff, United Kingdom.
NPR
Health

Pregnant people haven’t been part of vaccine trials. Should they get the vaccine?

The CDC estimates 330,000 health care personnel could be pregnant or recently postpartum at the time of vaccine implementation.

5 years ago

President Trump saw the effort to overturn last month's election all but snuffed out Friday night by the Supreme Court.
NPR
Courts & Law

After Supreme Court defeat, Trump’s backers in Congress are quiet on what comes next

The president vowed to "fight on" after the nation's highest court tossed a Texas lawsuit challenging the election results. The reaction from his allies has been subdued.

5 years ago

The Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant is shown in Portage, Mich., Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Health

States will start getting COVID-19 vaccine Monday, US says

Trucks will roll out Sunday morning as shipping companies UPS and FedEx begin delivering Pfizer’s vaccine to nearly 150 locations.

5 years ago

A driver with FedEx carries a package away from a van, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in Seattle. Store are warning online shoppers that if holiday purchases aren't made soon, they may not be delivered in time for Christmas. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Community

Retailers urge shoppers to buy early amid shipping crunch

The earlier-than-usual deadlines come as more people turn to online shopping during the pandemic, creating a logjam for shipping companies as well as delivery delays.

5 years ago

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