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Pfizer will sell U.S. 100 million more vaccine doses Pfizer and BioNTech will sell the U.S. an additional 100 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine, the drugmakers said Wednesday. At least 70 million doses will be delivered by June 30, and the rest will come by July 31, according to the terms of the $2 billion deal. The U.S. can also opt to buy another 400 million doses, Pfizers vaccine is 95 percent effective in preventing transmission of coronavirus. It was the first to gain FDA approval, ...

New weekly jobless claims fall unexpectedly, but remain high The Labor Department reported Wednesday that 803,000 Americans filed initial jobless claims — which Reuters notes is the most timely data on the economys health — last week. That figure was down from the 892,000 new claims filed the previous week, and it was also shy of the 885,000 claims anticipated by economists. But the good news is mostly relative, and the fact that the numbers remain higher than in previous months sugg...

House GOP leader McCarthy reportedly nixes Pelosi’s attempt to pass $2,000 payments by unanimous consent December 23, 2020 In a private call with his fellow Republican lawmakers, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Wednesday that he wont sign off on House Speaker Nancy Pelosis (D-Calif.) attempt to pass larger COVID-19 pandemic stimulus payments by unanimous consent, an anonymous source who participated in the call told in other words, Republicans will not allow this http...

Trump vetoes defense spending bill President Trump on Wednesday vetoed the annual defense spending bill, a $741 billion package that includes a 3 percent pay raise for U.S. troops. Both houses of Congress are expected to retain the two-thirds majority that originally passed the bill, likely ensuring the first successful veto override of Trumps tenure in the White House, although some Republicans have indicated theyll vote against an override. The president had previously made no secret of his d...

Senators prepare to override Trumps potential stimulus veto as Democrats push additional payments The Senate is getting ready to override President Trumps vetoes two times as hes on his way out the door. After Congress passed a massive government spending package that included a range of COVID-19 relief proposals, Trump declared his opposition to the stimulus, threatening to veto it if its not amended to include $2,000 checks. But because that and another bill hes looking to veto have overwhelm...

Giuliani told to prepare for imminent legal action from Dominion Voting Systems Attorneys Tom Clare and Megan Meier from Clare Lock LLP, a law firm that specializes in defamation cases, sent letters on Wednesday to President Trumps personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and White House counsel Pat Cipollone warning them of "imminent" legal action on behalf of Dominion Voting Systems, CNN reports. Giuliani and Cipollone were also reportedly told to preserve all documents related to Dominion, which has ...

White House staffers were given departure instructions. Then they were told to disregard them. December 23, 2020 White House staffers received an email Tuesday night with instructions for vacating the building, several outlets, including CBS News and The memo said employees "will start departing" the week of Jan. 4, and it outlined information on everything their final paychecks to cleaning out refrigerators and microwaves. But then on Wednesday morning, the staffers received another email tel...

Outgoing Barr breaks with Trump again on alleged Russia hack, voter fraud December 21, 2020 In what will likely be his final press conference before his resignation becomes official, Attorney General William Barr, long considered one of President Trumps closest allies, again broke with the commander-in-chief on key issues, including the alleged Russian-orchestrated hack of U.S. federal agencies and voter fraud. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the general United States intelligence community ...

Closing Thought–18Dec 20 I want to close out the week with some humor. I know we all (most of us) will be pleased to see the back of Trump and the Gang That Could Not Shoot Straight…..and someone once said that maybe because of their lack of concern and the infection of so many with the virus maybe the White House should be disinfected……or maybe its all those Trump “cooties” that needs killing….. Is that truly needed? “Nuking” the White House “with chemicals is not needed”...

Global Cycling Wear Market By Distribution Channel, By Product, By Region, Industry Analysis and Forecast, 2020 - 2026 New York, Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Global Cycling Wear Market By Distribution Channel, By Product, By Region, Industry Analysis and Forecast, 2020 - 2026" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p05998606/?utm_source=GNW The growing number of individuals choosing cycling as a hobby and increasing segment of the populati...