News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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BREAKING: President-elect Joe Biden receives the Pfizer vaccine at ChristianaCare Hospital in Delaware. https://t.co/Q9lpnjF1lq pic.twitter.com/03L2AEmrfs
— ABC News (@ABC) December 21, 2020
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin says a new round of economic stimulus checks will start being sent out next week — much faster than the previous batch of checks which took the IRS about 15 days to begin distributing and months to ultimately finish with payments https://t.co/Urnr6oT7JV
— POLITICO (@politico) December 21, 2020
NEW: The reproduction rate of a new COVID-19 variant is 0.4 higher than other known strains, WHO official says.
— ABC News (@ABC) December 21, 2020
There’s "zero evidence" the new variant causes more severe disease, a second official says. https://t.co/uL3BvW2gHk
More and more nations banning flights from U.K. due to new coronavirus strain https://t.co/2MuWVCRTJ2
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 21, 2020
LATEST: The U.S. is now averaging 2,613 new coronavirus-related deaths per day—more than triple the seven-day average from two months ago, according to an @ABC News’ analysis of data compiled by the COVID Tracking Project. https://t.co/Jq6mYlrN15 pic.twitter.com/nnoJPFUwkb
— ABC News (@ABC) December 21, 2020
Outgoing AG Barr says he saw “no reason” to appoint a special counsel to look into the president’s claims of election fraud or the tax investigation into the son of President-elect Biden. https://t.co/sBCIyo2Vvl
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) December 21, 2020
Newsmax, Fox Business and Fox News have begun airing corrections and clarifications to baseless allegations of election fraud involving Smartmatic and Dominion following legal threats by the two voting machine companies. https://t.co/6BGi6VjVHO
— Axios (@axios) December 21, 2020
JUST IN: House Oversight to renew subpoena for Trump's financial records next Congress https://t.co/oGeVxwNTUp pic.twitter.com/nx0jdoS9ab
— The Hill (@thehill) December 21, 2020
The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee inside the U.S. Capitol was removed from the building’s crypt this morning. It will be relocated to the Virginia Museum of History & Culture. https://t.co/QZihgBF7dp pic.twitter.com/tbeshwkmdt
— POLITICO (@politico) December 21, 2020
NEW: Hawaii residents on the Big Island asked to stay indoors to avoid potential ash exposure after the Kilauea volcano erupted Sunday. https://t.co/Xav2prookb
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 21, 2020
Tonight! https://t.co/9y1G5SSCfI
— CNN (@CNN) December 21, 2020
