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US airport traffic rising despite holiday travel warnings
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an advisory declaring “postponing travel and staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others from COVID."
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Why the CDC eviction ban isn’t really a ban: ‘I have nowhere to go’
Families are getting put out on the street despite an order to block evictions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Advocates say the order needs to be extende
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2nd COVID-19 vaccine authorized in US ships out
Public health experts say the shots — and others in the pipeline — are the only way to stop a virus that has been spreading wildly.
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Congress reaches deal on $900 billion COVID-19 relief package
The agreement would establish a temporary $300 per week supplemental jobless benefits and $600 direct stimulus payments to most Americans.
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Fight over Fed powers stalls $900 billion aid plan
Lawmakers on both sides said a provision by Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., that would curb emergency Federal Reserve powers was the sticking point.
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General sorry for ‘miscommunication’ over vaccine shipments
"I failed. I'm adjusting. I am fixing and we will move forward from there," Gen. Gustave Perna told reporters in a telephone briefing.
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Newly released COVID-19 data show most US cities are ‘sustained hotspots’
The Trump administration on Friday made public a trove of federal data on the pandemic that reveals a country awash in red alerts.
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Bidens to get first vaccine dose on Monday
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, will receive their doses the week after next.
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Shutdown deadline looms over COVID-19 relief talks
Government funding lapses at midnight Friday and a partial, low-impact shutdown would ensue if Congress fails to pass a stopgap spending bill before then.
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High court rules challenge to Trump census plan is premature
The three liberal justices dissented, saying the effort to exclude people in the country from the population for divvying up House seats is unlawful.
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Pence, top congressional leaders get COVID-19 vaccines
In remarks after his shot, Pence called the speed with which the vaccine was developed "a medical miracle.”
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Hack against US is ‘grave threat,’ cybersecurity agency says
The hack compromised federal agencies and “critical infrastructure” in a sophisticated attack that was hard to detect and will be difficult to undo.
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Some vials of COVID-19 vaccine contain extra doses, expanding supply, FDA says
"Given the public health emergency, FDA is advising that it is acceptable to use every full dose obtainable from each vial," the FDA said.
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US surpasses 3,600 daily coronavirus deaths, breaks prior hospitalization record
Data also show more than 230,000 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday and that 113,090 Americans were hospitalized with the virus — a number that's been on the rise.
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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.
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