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News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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NEW: Trump reacted to Mitch McConnell blocking Democrats' request for a vote on $2,000 stimulus payments, tweeting: "Unless Republicans have a death wish, and it is also the right thing to do, they must approve the $2000 payments ASAP." https://t.co/cnGFg3BBam
— Axios (@axios) December 29, 2020
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received her first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.
— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) December 29, 2020
“I urge everyone, when it is your turn, get vaccinated. It's about saving your life, the life of your family members and the life of your community,” she said. https://t.co/W5VtTuoEP2 pic.twitter.com/SUryOBLB9K
Some California hospitals are forced to ration care and cancel non-emergency surgeries as a result of the COVID-19 spike. https://t.co/UOBGAloY8N
— ABC News (@ABC) December 29, 2020
Hospitals in England struggle with the highest load of coronavirus patients in the pandemic. Officials eye even tighter restrictions to fight the virus variant sweeping through London and southern England. https://t.co/yBHONBKTHs
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) December 29, 2020
Nearly half a million people may have had Covid-19 in Wuhan, study shows. That's almost 10 times the official figure https://t.co/UQiRBOQuQj pic.twitter.com/jSgiNTLY20
— CNN (@CNN) December 29, 2020
AFTERMATH: Video shows people rushing to help and emergency services arriving amid chaotic scenes in the immediate aftermath of a strong earthquake that hit Croatia on Tuesday. https://t.co/dxplPjuERx pic.twitter.com/DyHzJw0y5S
— ABC News (@ABC) December 29, 2020
Newly released video captures officers comment on RV warning moments before Nashville bombing: "Like something out of a movie" https://t.co/93XXtzXMCM pic.twitter.com/CU507kCmW2
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 29, 2020
A federal judge in Georgia on Monday ordered two counties to reverse a decision removing more than 4,000 voters from the rolls ahead of the Jan. 5 runoff elections that will decide control of the U.S. Senatehttps://t.co/UeF0FNGvmS
— POLITICO (@politico) December 29, 2020
Russia's prison service has given Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny an ultimatum: Fly back from Germany at once or be jailed on return after the deadline https://t.co/RmUfil52W0 pic.twitter.com/bpRS29kSej
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 29, 2020
Who could have accurately predicted what we experienced in 2020?
— POLITICO (@politico) December 29, 2020
We're looking back at some of the most audacious, confident and spectacularly incorrect prognostications about the year we just lived through. https://t.co/swLlnRA0xq