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Joe Biden has accused Donald Trump of blocking access to national security information and said his security team has been obstructed by Pentagon political leaders. The president-elect warned that he and his team “just don’t get all the information we need” in key areas of national security, and described it as “nothing less than … irresponsibility.” Earlier this month, the Pentagon unexpectedly suspended briefings with the Biden transition team.
Trump was humiliated yesterday when more than 100 Republicans joined Democrats in the House of Representatives to overturn his veto on a $ 741 billion defense bill. If the Senate remains the same next week, which it is expected to do, it will be the first reprimand of Congress to its presidency.
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Stock markets around the world make profits after Trump signs a $ 900 billion aid package to boost the U.S. economy during the coronavirus pandemic, following its threats to reject it. On the first trading day since Christmas and following the UK Brexit deal 24 hours earlier, US stock indices hit intraday highs.
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What does the coronavirus help package offer? From $ 600 incentive checks for individuals to funds for schools, Amanda Holpuch explains what the package offers.
Why has it been so affected by California? coronavirus?
Each of California’s 35 prisons now fights coronavirus cases, with nearly 9,500 people imprisoned who have the virus statewide. In Los Angeles, companies have been attacked for hosting New Year’s Eve events, although one in 95 residents thought it was infecting the coronavirus. In all, California has lost more than 24,000 lives, with ICU capacity falling to 0% in southern parts of the state this month. But Golden State was the first to close and managed to avoid overwhelming its hospitals in the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic. From leadership inactivity to institutional inequalities, Maanvi Singh discusses the California battle with Covid and asks why he seems to be losing.
As the number of deaths in the United States increases, what can we learn from the countries that have best dealt with the pandemic? Laura Spinney argues that Vietnam learned from its 2003 Sars pandemic and Senegal from its battle with Ebola, to produce much more competent responses than the US and UK. Here he analyzes what the country did well and where the United States and the United Kingdom failed.
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Public health experts have warned the United States to prepare for a new wave of coronavirus after traveling during the holidays. The Transportation Security Administration said more than 1.28 million passengers had been selected Sunday at U.S. airports across the country, the highest number since mid-March.
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The World Health Organization has warned that a larger pandemic could occur, saying that while the coronavirus has been “very serious,” it is not “necessarily the big one.” Officials also said that instead of being eliminated, the coronavirus is likely to become an endemic virus that poses a constant low-level threat, managed by vaccines.
No reason is yet known for the Nashville Christmas Day bombing
Federal authorities are working together to try to find out the reasons for the Christmas Day bombing in Nashville that damaged dozens of buildings and injured three people. Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, was named responsible for the attack in which he died. Officials said hundreds of tips and opportunities had been presented to law enforcement. David Rausch, director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, said that while authorities were hoping to get an answer as to why Warner decided to detonate the blast, “sometimes it’s not possible.”
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Ghislaine MaxwellThe last bail request has been denied, new court records were revealed yesterday. Maxwell, a Socialist person who was arrested in July on charges of helping the unfortunate financier Jeffrey Epstein to have sex with underage girls, has filed several unsuccessful bail requests.
In other news …
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The actor Lori Loughlin he was released from prison yesterday after spending two months behind bars after admitting to paying half a million dollars in bribes to get his two daughters into college as part of a high-profile bribery plan.
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The jazz trumpeter Keyon Harrold has claimed a woman assaulted her son after falsely accusing him of theft. In a widely viewed video posted by Harrold online, a white woman appears aggressive after accusing her son of stealing her phone, which Harrold claims was later returned by an Uber driver.
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A white Ohio police officer has been fired after body camera footage showed him fatally shot Andre Hill, a black man who had a cell phone and then refused to help him. Adam Coy is still being investigated for last week’s incident.
State of the day: Only 9% of all plastic produced has been recycled
New international standards are introduced to reduce world trade in plastics, in which the richest countries often dump waste into poorer countries. Only 9% of all plastic produced has been recycled and around 12% has been incinerated. The rest, an attractive 79%, has accumulated in landfills, landfills and the natural environment. The UN expects the rules to lead to cleaner oceans within five years.
Don’t miss it: Newt Gingrich accuses Democrats of trying to “brainwash” the next generation
Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich has long been accused of sowing the seeds of the division that were responsible for Trump’s rise. In this interview with the head of the Washington DC office, David Smith, he accuses Democrats of using cultural wars to brainwash, describes the presidential election as an anomaly and covers his bets for Trump to be present for years to come.
Last thing: the Roman relics returned with a burst of repentance
Italian museum curators have noticed the tendency of tourists to send items they had snatched from Rome’s cultural sites years later, with sincere letters of confession. So many relics have been returned that a museum has been set up to display them. Angela Giuffrida analyzes some of the most memorable stories.
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