A negotiating group including Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is working to rally lawmakers behind the $908 billion framework that includes a $300-per-week pandemic jobless benefit and $160 billion for state and local governments.
Carol Semple
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Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres tests positive for COVID-19
DeGeneres has been hosting her daytime talk show, ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show,’ live from her studio, with guests appearing both in person and virtually.
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Hunter Biden tax probe examining his Chinese business dealings
The revelation comes at a politically delicate time for President-elect Joe Biden, who is considering his choice to lead the agency that is investigating his son.
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Vast wildfires in Siberia linked to a warming Arctic in latest federal study
Satellites recorded the second-lowest extent of sea ice in September since record-keeping began 42 years ago, the report found.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Only half of Americans want shots as COVID-19 vaccine approval nears, poll shows
Many on the fence have safety concerns and want to see how the initial rollout fares – skepticism that could hinder the campaign against the scourge that has killed nearly 290,000 Americans.
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Canada’s health regulator approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, before likely U.S. approval
Canada is set to receive up to 249,000 doses this month and Canadian officials expect to administer them within days.
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Hundreds of Maine fishermen to get coronavirus aid by Jan. 1
The aid was made available for commercial fishermen, aquaculturists, fishing charter operators and seafood dealers and processors who suffered losses because of the pandemic.
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Supreme Court rejects Republicans’ effort to overturn Biden win in Pennsylvania
The court, without comment Tuesday, refused to call into question the certification process in Pennsylvania.
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Biden lays out 3 specific priorities on virus as he introduces health team
The president-elect warns that his team’s preliminary review of Trump administration plans for vaccinations has found shortcomings, and calls on Congress to fund the administration of vaccines.
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Families of shooting victims sue sellers of ‘ghost guns’
Two cases were brought by Brady United, the national nonprofit that advocates against gun violence, which said Monday that the suits are the first of their kind in the nation.