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Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. 2020 was such a terrible, bad, no-good year that even complaining about it got old. A pandemic knocked the world to its knees, killing 1.6 million people so far and leaving untold suffering in its wake. Social distancing kept us inside, away from our friends and loved ones. Businesses shut their doors. Economic inequality grew. Still, not everything was bad. It’s been a very good year for bread, hand sanitizer, and pets. Also, greenhouse gas emissions declined in the United States. Earlier in the pandemic ...

POLITICO Get the Huddle newsletter Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by with help from Sarah Ferris and Andrew Desiderio SEALING THE DEAL -- There’s not a Democrat in Washington who doubts Nancy Pelosi will be elected as speaker on Jan. 3. That is, as long as everybody shows up.

Dianne Feinstein Faces Fresh Round of ‘Rumors of Her Cognitive Decline’ The 87-year-old senator has visibly lost a step, but a new report features stories from (mostly anonymous) aides saying that her mental deterioration is a lot further along than we realize. California’s senior senator (and boy, do we mean senior!) Dianne Feinstein is well known to be a little out of step with her liberal California constituency. Out of 47 Democratic or Democratic-caucusing sitting senators, GovTrack ranks her as the 18th most liberal, which is still fairly progressive, but only slightly left of th...

The Finance 202: U.S. wealth just hit a new record, even as more people steal in order to eat Tory Newmyer with Brent D. Griffiths Americans collectively are richer than ever and getting more so. That fact would come as a surprise to tens of millions, including those who now have to steal to eat. But the bottom line for the total household net worth in the United States continues to swell: It rose 3.2 percent in the third quarter to $123.5 trillion, a Federal Reserve report showed Thursday. The surging stock market accounted for most of the gain, padding overall wealth by...

POLITICO Get Playbook PM Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Facebook Negotiators and Hill leaders are trying to have the Covid stimulus bill ride on the government funding package, which comes due Dec. 18. | Susan Walsh/AP Photo IT LOOKS LIKE WE’LL END THIS YEAR with a Christmas season in Washington, because Co...