McConnell calls Jan. 6 certification his “most consequential vote”  —  In an extraordinary conference call this morning with fellow Senate Republicans, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said his Jan. 6 vote certifying Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election will be “the most consequential I have ever cast …

Georgia Republicans Deliver Persistent Message: Fear the Democrats  —  Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are resting their re-election hopes on a strategy that calls more attention to what they're against than what they support.  —  NORCROSS, Ga. — The biggest applause lines …

Congressman Raskin Announces Loss of Son Tommy Raskin  —  TAKOMA PARK, M.D. - With profound sorrow, Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Sarah Bloom Raskin today announced the loss of their son Thomas (Tommy) Bloom Raskin, 25, who was a second-year student at Harvard Law School and a graduate of Amherst College.

Wisconsin hospital worker arrested for spoiled vaccine doses  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities arrested a suburban Milwaukee pharmacist Thursday suspected of deliberately ruining hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine by removing them from refrigeration for two nights.

‘Covid, Covid, Covid’: In Trump's Final Chapter, a Failure to Rise to the Moment  —  As the U.S. confronted a new wave of infection and death through the summer and fall, the president's approach to the pandemic came down to a single question: What would it mean for him?

On Mike Pence's Behalf, DOJ Tells Court That Louie Gohmert's Attempt to Sue VP Is ‘A Walking Legal Contradiction’  —  The Department of Justice has, on Vice President Mike Pence's behalf, asked a federal judge to deny emergency injunctive relief sought by fake pro-Trump electors and Rep. Louie Gohmert …

Meet the Trump saboteur in charge of undermining Biden — and America  —  If, in the new year, pandemic vaccines aren't available as promised, Americans can't return to work because economic relief isn't delivered or an adversary successfully attacks the United States because national security agencies …

Trump extends immigration bans despite opposition from U.S. business groups  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday extended a pair of immigration bans that block many “green card” applicants and temporary foreign workers from entering the country …

Trump's fight to overthrow election now falls to the guy who invented the CueCat  —  Fittingly, the CueCat is widely regarded as one of the worst gadgets ever made  —  In a hopeless attempt to overthrow or cast suspicion on an American election, a ridiculous cast of characters …

Microsoft says Russians hacked its network, viewing source code  —  Russian government hackers engaged in a sweeping series of breaches of government and private-sector networks have been able to penetrate deeper into Microsoft's systems than previously known, gaining access …

Some healthcare workers refuse to take COVID-19 vaccine, even with priority access  —  They are front-line workers with top priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine, but they are refusing to take it.  —  At St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Tehama County, fewer than half …

The Mutated Virus Is a Ticking Time Bomb  —  Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers.  Find the collection here.  —  A new variant of the coronavirus is spreading across the globe.  It was first identified in the United Kingdom …

Biden's Incoming Press Secretary: Briefings Won't Be A Platform For Right-Wing Spin  —  Toggle more options  —  President-elect Joe Biden's choice for White House press secretary says she will restore a tradition.  Unlike her immediate predecessors in the Trump administration …

Hospitals Say They Will Publish Previously Secret Prices  —  Largest U.S. hospital chains say they will comply with new rules to make public confidentially negotiated prices with health insurers  —  Major hospital operators say they will comply with new rules to make public their prices …

NYSE to Commence Delisting Proceedings in Securities of Three Issuers to Comply with Executive Order 13959  —  NEW YORK, December 31, 2020 - The New York Stock Exchange LLC ("NYSE" or “Exchange") announced today that the staff of NYSE Regulation has determined to commence proceedings to delist …

Joe Clark, Tough Principal at New Jersey High School, Dies at 82  —  Bullhorn in hand, he roamed the hallways as he imposed discipline, expelling “miscreants” and restoring order.  Morgan Freeman portrayed him in the film “Lean on Me.”  —  Joe Clark, the imperious disciplinarian principal …

Lin Wood's Ex-Law Partners Claim He Was Taped Admitting to Assaults, Asserting He May Be ‘Christ Coming Back for Second Time’  —  Attorney L. Lin Wood may believe himself to be a vessel of the second coming, and he's not referring to another Donald Trump presidential term.

Judge rolls back order on Georgia runoff voter challenges  —  A federal judge has agreed to allow a Georgia county to require that certain voters cast provisional ballots, just days before two runoff elections in the state that will decide control of the U.S. Senate.

Gibraltar Gets Its Own Last-Minute Brexit Deal on Borders  —  Spain and the European Union will share oversight over the flow of goods and people to the British territory, which worried about being left isolated and economically pinched outside the bloc.  —  MADRID — The recent Brexit trade …