Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Friday, November 20, 2020 (1 Viewer)

Below are some of the top political news stories of the day:


Pfizer seeking emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in US
Pfizer said Friday it is asking U.S. regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, starting the clock on a process that could bring limited first shots as early as next month and eventually an end to the pandemic -- but not until after a long, hard winter.

Biden wants Congress to pass emergency COVID aid this year

Why Republican voters say there’s ‘no way in hell’ Trump lost

Criminal probe, legal fights await Trump after White House

Watch live: Trump delivers remarks on drug prices

Mnuchin denies trying to hinder incoming administration

McEnany rips 'inexcusable' 2016 transition, says GSA certification for Biden will come 'at the right moment'

Trump unveils plan linking drug payments to cheaper overseas prices

Trump's Attempts to Overturn the Election Are Unparalleled in U.S. History - NY Times

White House press secretary refuses to acknowledge outcome of election in first briefing since Trump lost

Trump recount effort kicks off in Wisconsin

Senior GOP lawmakers grow anxious over Trump's effort to overturn election results

Tucker Carlson: Trump lawyer 'got angry' when pressed for evidence of voter fraud

US election 2020: Fact-checking Trump team's main fraud claims

Ossoff hits Perdue over stock trades as candidates exchange barbs on financials in critical race

‘It cannot be done’: Biden lawyer says Michigan electoral plot would be unconstitutional

Michigan GOP descends on D.C. as Trump scrambles to undo election

Trump camp keeps up torrid pace of fundraising appeals post-election

Trump picks fight with drugmakers with last-min drug pricing rules

Trump to meet Michigan leaders in bid to subvert election

Mnuchin to End Key Fed Emergency Programs, Limiting Biden

Explainer: Can Trump override the popular vote?

Few Republicans push back against Trump and Giuliani's false claims about the election

ELECTION 2020 LIVE UPDATES: McEnany holds briefing ahead of Biden, Pelosi, Schumer meeting

Democrats, Biden camp blast Michigan state lawmakers for Trump meeting

Michigan GOP lawmakers heckled on arrival for White House meeting

Liberal dark-money behemoth raised nearly $140M last year

Georgia Results To Be Certified; Election Official Says The 'Numbers Don't Lie'

McEnany: Michigan GOP visit to WH not a campaign meeting

Supreme Court cancels arguments over Trump bid to withhold parts of Russia probe

President-elect Biden names four White House staffers, including directors for legislative affairs and personnel

Trump undercuts American democracy as he clings to power

Iran’s allies on high alert in Trump’s final weeks in office

Georgia's Floyd County fires election director after finding uncounted ballots

Second GA election official fired for failure to follow protocol

Former GOP senator: Republicans cannot let Trump's 'reckless' post-election claims stand

Obama jokes that Navy SEALs could remove Trump from the White House

Attention-loving Trump disappears in final days of term

POLITICO Playbook PM: What Pelosi said about Trump behind the scenes

Frank Luntz to Charlie Kirk: 'This election is over'

Vox co-founder Ezra Klein and others leaving news website

Georgia certification still underway, secretary of state's office says after announcing it was complete

Georgia's military voters seen as pivotal bloc in runoffs that will decide Senate control

Lawyers for U.S. Homeland Security whistleblower get security clearances

Birthday time: Biden turns 78, will be oldest U.S. president

Illinois Democrats threaten Michael Madigan's decadeslong hold on power

Millions of full-time U.S. workers receive federal health care and food assistance

Analysis: The racist rhetoric behind accusing largely Black cities of voter fraud

Loeffler faces ethics complaints for soliciting donations in US Capitol

Lara Trump, Mark Meadows consider running for North Carolina Senate seat in 2022

VP Mike Pence campaigns in Georgia ahead of Senate runoffs

Will Biden tap a U.N. ambassador to "reclaim America's leading position"?

Trump-Biden transition live updates: Trump targets Michigan lawmakers

Georgia hand count of votes affirms Biden's narrow victory over Trump

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

Pompeo seen as auditioning for 2024 on Israel trip while he organizes at home

Abortions resume in South Dakota after a 7-month halt

Michelle Fischbach, new Minnesota congresswoman, awaiting concession call from 30-year Democrat she beat

Biden tears into Trump's refusal to concede, meets with governors about Covid

Trump to meet with GOP state lawmakers in effort to override election loss

Trump, allies make frantic steps to overturn Biden victory

12 million Americans set to lose unemployment benefits after Christmas

Trump told ally he's trying to get back at Democrats for questioning legitimacy of his own election

Romney rips Trump in late-night tweet, calls president's actions effort to ‘subvert’ will of people

Mnuchin wants $455B in unused virus funds returned by Fed

Trump's election power play: Persuade Republican legislators to do what U.S. voters did not

Trump’s fury grows as US election loss becomes unequivocal

Giuliani and the Trump legal team's wild press conference
Schumer says McConnell agrees to discuss Covid relief, as govt funding talks begin

Trump, attorneys step up efforts to reverse election's outcome

Ivanka Trump calls legal inquiries into Trump business political ‘harassment’

NJ Dem congressman has called for Trump to be tried for 'crimes against the United States'

Promising more lawsuits, Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani recycles debunked claims

Trump administration cuts off emergency Federal Reserve programs as coronavirus cases spike

Despite More Than 2 Dozen Legal Losses, Trump's Lawyers Press On With Election Fights

New York expands Trump tax fraud investigations to include writeoffs: report

Trump invites Michigan GOP lawmakers to White House after calling officials in key county

Warren joins groups pushing Biden to cancel student loan debt on Day 1

Why Michigan’s Top Legislators Should Cancel that Meeting with Trump

AP FACT CHECK: Trump legal team’s batch of false vote claims

Congress heads home without pandemic relief deal

Georgia affirms Biden's victory as Trump attempts to undermine election

Ex-Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan: I've never seen anything like this
White House reporters scold Pence as he leaves press conference podium

AOC and squad rally outside DNC to pressure Biden into embracing Green New Deal

Trump administration and Biden transition team have "marginal" backchannel communications

Sasse, Romney pan Trump campaign’s tactics in contesting election

Trump legal effort hits wall in Pennsylvania cases over technical ballot errors

Biden responds to Trump's continued legal battles over election results (video)

This exchange on Trump's outrageous voter fraud claims is stunning

Judges rule against Trump and allies in three U.S. election lawsuits
Biden has picked a Treasury secretary, promises crowd pleaser

Obama says Republicans going along with Trump because they're 'intimidated'

Clock running out on Trump as states move to finalize vote counts

Schumer and Pelosi to meet with Biden on Friday

Trump held unannounced meeting with Indonesian minister in Oval Office

Biden team belittles ‘spectacle’ of sweaty Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani pushing vote fraud claims

Perdue traded in Navy contractor stock as he took over Senate armed services panel: filings

President Trump is seeking a recount in two Wisconsin counties, but what he’s really doing is preparing for a lawsuit.
Georgia county fires election chief after audit

Trump-Biden transition live updates: Biden slams Trump's post-election behavior

Michigan election official leaning toward audit, delay in vote certification

Federal judge rejects Trump ally’s bid to block election certification in Georgia

Biden transition team leans on left-wing groups for staff: report

Facebook boots large anti-vaxxer group

Illinois Sen. Duckworth says 'silence is deafening' from Republicans on Trump's election maneuvers
Trump campaign sees losses in 3 ballot cases after dropping Michigan lawsuit

Trump goes for broke as legal effort sputters

Sasse condemns Giuliani's 'wild press conferences': They 'erode public trust'

Stocks wobble after Mnuchin pulls plug on Fed stimulus

Georgia recount results confirm Biden won the state - election updates

New York authorities investigating millions in tax write-offs from the Trump Organization

Census 'Anomalies' Could Thwart Trump's Bid To Alter Next Electoral College

Democrats demand briefing from GSA chief on delay in ascertaining Biden’s win

Azerbaijan army enters district handed over by Armenia

White House killed deal to pay for mental health care for migrant families separated at border
Illegal migrants putting agents at risk of COVID-19: US border chief

US government executes man convicted of killing Texas teen

Biden promises federal government will pay for National Guard coronavirus work: 'That should be paid for'

Sen. Lindsey Graham faces ethics complaint over call to top election official in Georgia about ballots

Trump gins up TV theatrics in election fight as lawsuits fizzle

Obama: Americans should be 'troubled' by attempts to overturn states' votes

France calls for international supervision of Nagorno-Karabakh
Sheriff in Newsom's home county says he won't enforce latest virus restrictions

Pence projects confidence in Covid response as pandemic worsens nationwide

Trump campaign legal fight keyed to court of public opinion

Coronavirus News and Updates:

Pfizer, BioNTech to seek FDA authorization Friday for COVID-19 vaccine

Rudy Giuliani's son, Andrew, positive with COVID a day after attending news conference with father on election fraud claims

Florida’s Sen. Scott has coronavirus, ‘very mild symptoms’

Covid-19 vaccine clinical trials are far from over — and doctors need your help

Coronavirus live updates: 23-year-old college student dies from COVID-19

Health experts clash over use of certain drugs for COVID-19

European Coronavirus lockdown restrictions are working, says WHO

Curfews, stay-at-home orders and mask mandates: Even more governors tighten virus rules as testing lines grow

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The Latest: WH disputes concerns about getting vaccine out

Birx wants to stay on in Biden administration: Colleagues

Rachel Maddow says her partner has Covid-19, at one point thought it 'might kill her'

California, Ohio order nightly curfews on gatherings as coronavirus surges
Evangelical Doctors' Group Pleads With Churches To Stay Home

CDC pleads with Americans to avoid Thanksgiving travel

US seeing unprecedented coronavirus spread, White House says

Coronavirus live updates: CDC urges Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving

Coronavirus task force in first remarks in months notes rise in cases but expresses hope about vaccine

Top Pentagon official tests positive for COVID-19

Fauci calls on Americans to 'put to rest' idea that COVID vaccine was 'rushed in any inappropriate way'

'Hand in glove': President-elect Biden promises governors coordination in combatting coronavirus

This young ER doctor had to tell Covid-19 patients when it was time to say goodbye to their families. Then the virus knocked him down

Number of COVID-19 'long haulers,' survivors with lasting virus symptoms, is growing
Nearly one in four sailors from Navy destroyer USS Michael Murphy have Covid-19

Coronavirus: Inside test-and-trace - how the 'world beater' went wrong

WHO advises against Gilead's remdesivir for all hospitalised COVID-19 patients

White House Urges Vigilance On Coronavirus, But Rejects Lockdowns As Solution

An American tragedy: Inside the towns hardest hit by coronavirus

Mexico tops 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, 4th country to do so

'Hand in glove': President-elect Biden promises governors coordination in combatting coronavirus

Contact tracing for COVID-19 maxed out in Colorado
COVID Vaccines Are Coming. The U.S. Is Funding A Brand New Way To Inject Them

Canada on track to hit 20,000 COVID-19 cases a day by end of December: media

Heading into holidays, US COVID-19 testing strained again