Ultimate betrayal : US President Donald Trump fumes over VP Mike Pence s role in dying days of administration
22 Dec, 2020 09:20 PM
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ANALYSIS:
US President Donald Trump is reportedly fuming in private over the role his Vice President, Mike Pence, will play in finalising his defeat to Joe Biden two weeks from now.
The election result has been beyond doubt for some time. The President s legal challenges have gone nowhere and the electoral college officially cast its votes for Biden a week ago. Trump s refusal to concede will not prevent the transfer of power.
However, there are still a couple of steps left in the process. First, on January 6, Congress will hold a joint session to count the electoral votes. Then, on January 20, Biden will be sworn in at his inauguration.
December 21, 2020
After nine months of negotiations, Congress finally passed another COVID-19 relief package and a 2021 spending bill.
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After months of negotiations and by a 92-6 Senate vote, Congress has officially passed another COVID relief package one that includes a $600 check for most Americans. None of us think any of this legislation is perfect, but a big, bipartisan majority of us recognize the incredible amount of good it will do when we send it on to the president’s desk. The American people have waited long enough, said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Monday night’s vote in the Senate was the final step for Congress to fund the government in 2021 and clear the over $900 billion aid package.
Biden receives vaccine; Harris to get hers after Christmas
The vaccinations are being administered in a staggered fashion in case either of them reacts adversely.
Joe Biden and his wife, Dr.
Jill Biden, have now been vaccinated against coronavirus, the next commander-in-chief receiving his shot on live television Monday afternoon in Delaware.
Vice President-elect
Doug Emhoff, will get their vaccinations next week.
President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to see that 100 million Americans are inoculated against the deadly virus in his first 100 days in office. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
The shots are being administered in a staggered fashion in case either of America’s future leaders has an adverse reaction.
Following
12/21/2020 7:35:23 AM GMT
GBP/USD is free-falling after a new covid strain triggered flight bans to the UK.
Developments around Britain s shuttering and the Brexit deadlock stand out.
Monday s four-hour chart is showing bears are gaining ground.
A dry-run for Brexit? British supply chains are distressed by a sweep of flight bans to and from the UK – and especially by the
freight shuttering imposed by France. European and non-European countries have acted rapidly – and arguably with panic – to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus strain.
The
VIU-202012/01 variant is responsible for the quick spread of the disease in London and Southeast England, causing Prime Minister Boris Johnson to announce new restrictions of the are – Tier 4, a new level created over the weekend. In a special Saturday address to the nation, Johnson said that the mutation is 70% more transmissible and raises the Reproduction rate (R) by around