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Lawmakers Resolve Fed Dispute as They Race to Close Stimulus Deal Top senators appeared to strike an agreement on the central bank’s lending powers as they struggled to clear away the last sticking points in the $900 billion compromise plan. Senator Pat Toomey, Republican of Pennsylvania, at the Capitol on Saturday. His proposal on the Federal Reserve is the primary issue remaining in efforts to finalize a $900 billion stimulus deal.Credit...Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times Published D...

People handing out hand sanitizer on the streets in São Paulo, Brazil, on Friday.Credit...Victor Moriyama for The New York Times As the coronavirus continues its surge across the United States and Europe, where vaccinations recently began, total infections around the world have now topped 75 million. In the United States, more than 128,000 people had been vaccinated as of Friday, according to a New York Times database tracking vaccinations. But that total is just slightly more than half the nu...

Congress, grasping for a stimulus deal, resolves a dispute over the Federal Reserve’s power. The U.S. Capitol building on Friday. Both chambers of Congress continue to negotiate on a new stimulus package as the deadline draws near.Credit...Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times Dec. 19, 2020 Senators broke through an impasse late Saturday night over a Republican effort to curtail the powers of the Federal Reserve, clearing away what had been seen as the final hurdle to a deal on a $900 billi...

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Walmart Outlines Vaccine Distribution Plans Last Updated This briefing has ended. Follow our latest coverage of Walmart is preparing to distribute a coronavirus vaccine through its stores and in long-term care facilities.Credit...Pool photo by Frank Augstein The retailer said in a statement on Thursday that it was ensuring that it had sufficient freezers and dry ice to store the vaccine, which is expected to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration in coming weeks. Walmart is preparing ...

Walmart Outlines Vaccine Distribution Plans Last Updated This briefing has ended. Follow our latest coverage of Walmart is preparing to distribute a coronavirus vaccine through its stores and in long-term care facilities.Credit...Pool photo by Frank Augstein The retailer said in a statement on Thursday that it was ensuring that it had sufficient freezers and dry ice to store the vaccine, which is expected to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration in coming weeks. Walmart is preparing ...

Knew there was four of us around him and he was unarmed and had the knife in his pocket. >> megyn: wow, i want to ask you, senator patrick. we talked to you yesterday about whether you thought it would change the push to allow concealed carry on college campuseses. and folks who want more gun control and dont want concealed carry, they believe this helps their argument, that no one has died and the 14 students injured, but no one has passed away. >> its not only a weak argument, but what theyre ...

At this event. i can guarantee you the 190,000 fans who show up at the racetrack, i bet youd have a hard time having a cnn reporter find more than a dozen who would be against the nra sponsoring that event. we understand responsible gun ownership as part of being an american. nascar is part of being an american. and im proud to support both. >> well -- >> is it also -- this is a question -- is it also part of being an american to say, we have to find some way to keep irresponsible people from pe...

Amendment allows the nra to step out and advertise as they wish at this event. i can guarantee you the 190,000 fans who show up at the racetrack, i bet youd have a hard time having a cnn reporter find more than a dozen who would be against the nra sponsoring that event. we understand responsible gun ownership as part of being an american. nascar is part of being an american. and im proud to support both. >> well -- >> is it also -- this is a question -- is it also part of being an american to sa...

Hard time having a cnn reporter find more than a dozen who would be against the nra sponsoring that event. we understand responsible gun ownership as part of being an american. nascar is part of being an american. and im proud to support both. >> well -- >> is it also -- this is a question -- is it also part of being an american to say, we have to find some way to keep irresponsible people from perpetrating these crimes time after time like the sandy hook shooting? >> i agree. >> senator patrick...