Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Monday, December 14, 2020 (1 Viewer)

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

U.S. Electoral College formally confirms Joe Biden's victory over Trump
Democrat Joe Biden on Monday won the state-by-state Electoral College vote that formally determines the U.S. presidency, all but ending President Donald Trump's floundering campaign to overturn his loss in the Nov. 3 election.

Trump says Barr resigning, will leave before Christmas

Electoral College vote makes it official: Biden is elected the nation's 46th president

READ: Attorney General William Barr's resignation letter

‘Democracy prevailed’: Biden aims to unify divided nation

Trump-Biden transition updates: Biden passes 270, seals Electoral College win

What's Next for Trump Voters Who Believe the Election Was Stolen? - NY Times

Fox News Poll: Voters say US failed to take coronavirus threat seriously enough

Why Trump’s latest Electoral College ploy is doomed to fail

Group of 'GOP electors' blocked from entering MI capitol

In Georgia Senate race, Loeffler and Perdue demand updated list of registered voters

Biden to call on nation to 'turn the page' and unite in speech after Electoral College vote

Funding for vaccine distribution at stake in the push for a new Covid relief

Can Congress Overturn the Electoral College Results? Probably Not - NY Times

For Black pastors, calling out racism is standard. It's become a weapon for Warnock's opponent.

McEnany accuses Pelosi of 'prioritizing trial lawyers' in coronavirus relief bill negotiations

Exclusive: Congress reaches compromise on clean energy deal attached to funding bill

Michigan Congressman leaving GOP over Trump's attempt to overturn election

READ: Rep. Paul Mitchell's letter quitting the GOP, fearing 'long-term harm to our democracy'

Lawmakers call for action after 'devastating' nation state cyberattack on federal government

Top US officials expected to get COVID-19 vaccine this week

Electoral College hands White House to Biden
Dueling paths for coronavirus relief, budget bills as U.S. Congress enters key week

Attorney General William Barr announces resignation

US agencies, companies secure networks after huge hack

Trump to keep fighting in state courts

Wisconsin Supreme Court tosses Trump election lawsuit

Cuomo says former aide has a right to make sexual harassment allegations: 'It's just not true'

Even Disaster Veterans Are Stunned By What's Happening In Honduras

Warnock called senators 'gangsters & thugs' who are 'willing to kill children'

Trump-Biden transition updates: States ramp up security as electors cast ballots

Congress reaches make-or-break week on coronavirus relief, with deal elusive

Michigan GOP lawmaker punished for not denouncing violence

GOP protests as Michigan Dems cast electoral votes for Biden -- live updates

Live Updates: Electoral College voting to select Biden as next president

Electors in key battleground states affirm votes for Biden

Top Michigan Republicans shut down prospect of overturning result for Trump as Electoral College meets

McConnell plans final push on Trump judges

Stacey Abrams on "what's at stake" in Georgia Senate runoff elections

Electoral College begins voting to make Biden's victory official

'Skinny' virus aid package emerging from Senate talks

Georgia Republicans energized for runoffs, understand 'what's at stake': Rep. Jordan

McEnany says situation room staff, members of Congress will receive vaccine access early

Congress nears deal on $1.4 trillion government funding measure

Live politics updates: Wall Street Journal editorial board tells Trump it's time to concede

Russian intelligence hit squad poisoned opposition leader Alexey Navalny: Report

Stephen Miller: 'Alternate' electors will keep Trump election challenge alive

Outside groups converge on Georgia with bus tours, on-the-ground volunteers with Senate on the line

Supreme Court puts off ruling on Trump census case to exclude undocumented immigrants

Sanders urges Democrats to reject bipartisan stimulus bill

Trump imposes sanctions on Turkey over Russian defense purchases

The 2020 election wasn't 'stolen.' Here are all the facts that prove it.

Hillary Clinton calls for abolishing Electoral College after casting electoral vote for Biden

Lawmakers to unveil Covid relief bill as Congress faces pressure to send help

Women rally around Jill Biden after op-ed calls for her to drop 'Dr.'

'Crisis overnight' as illegal crossings hit 70K in Nov.

US officials scramble to deal with suspected Russian hack of government agencies

Gingrich among Trump loyalists named to Pentagon advisory board

National defense bill pushes Pentagon to buy body armor for women in the military

For first time, U.S. formally blames Iran for presumed death of former FBI agent Robert Levinson

Cuomo, de Blasio warn NYC to prepare for 'full shutdown'

In-person, early voting in Georgia Senate runoffs begins Monday

Republicans press FBI for briefing on efforts by Chinese government operatives to gain influence with lawmakers

Durham adds prosecutors to his special counsel team

Progressives give Biden's Cabinet picks mixed reviews, demand more representation

Washington’s next antitrust shoe to drop: Google

Michigan Gov. Whitmer Addresses Security Threat To Electoral College Vote

US agencies hacked in monthslong global cyberspying campaign

Electors meeting to formally choose Biden as next president

Michigan state legislature closes offices due to 'credible threats of violence'

U.S. lawmakers plan to split $908 billion COVID-19 plan into two parts: source

Five things to watch when the Electoral College votes

Suspected Russian hackers spied on U.S. Treasury emails - sources

Biden considers Samantha Power for USAID: Report

Trump's new reason for defense bill veto: China

U.S. border officials expelled dozens of migrant children in violation of court order

Electoral College set to seal Trump's fate -- yet again

GOP voters ready for Georgia runoffs despite Trump’s claims

Biden offered Atlanta mayor position in his Cabinet, she declined: report

Trump unleashes an army of sore losers

Gingrich savaged for claiming ballot dropboxes hurt GOP – politics updates

Kremlin-backed hackers breach US Treasury and Commerce: Report

Chris Wallace Grills Steve Scalise on ‘Disenfranchising’ Millions of Biden Voters

Scalise: 'Let the legal process play out'
Chris Christie calls Trump's legal team's legal theory an 'absurdity'

Ex-WH official: How Georgia's runoffs will influence Biden probe

CBS News poll: Most feel election is "settled" but Trump voters disagree

What the Electoral College vote means for Trump and Biden

Trump decries Cleveland baseball team's reported name change: 'Cancel culture at work'

Simply no truth to these claims': Gov. Cuomo's office denies former aide's sexual harassment allegation

Police kill gunman who opened fire while carolers sang outside cathedral

Trump says he’s nixing plan for early vaccine at White House

Meet the Electoral College's Biggest Haters: Some of the Electors Themselves - NY Times

Pete Buttigieg emerging as leading contender for Transportation secretaryhttps://www.cnn.com/profiles/dan-merica-profile

Biden adviser Cedric Richmond says GOP lawmakers privately acknowledge Trump lost

Bill Cassidy warns GOP 'can't stand if we are divided'

Texas attorney general laments Supreme Court tossing case

Transcript: Rep. Cedric Richmond on "Face the Nation,"

Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander says Trump must 'put country first' and concede to Biden

Kevin McCarthy calls Nancy Pelosi out over House voting inconsistency: 'Her power is more important'

Former aide accuses Cuomo of sexual harassment

Loeffler's campaign condemns white supremacist who appeared in photo

Appointee who led Trump’s tech crackdown tapped for top DOJ role

Trump Spurned New York, but Here's How He's Still Tied to the City

White House staffers to receive Covid-19 vaccine ahead of general public

Texas AG Paxton questions Supreme Court ruling, says 'this was our only chance'

Sprawling hack of federal agencies spurs alarm in White House

‘Knockout blow’: UK manufacturers warn of no-deal Brexit upheaval

Joe Manchin: 'We'll have a bill' for coronavirus stimulus on Monday

How Saudi citizens accused of serious crimes in U.S. are escaping justice

Bill Gates says presidential transition is 'complicating' US efforts to distribute vaccine

Russia Suspected In Months-Long Cyber Attack On Federal Agencies

Hamas says ready to resume Palestinian unity talks

Behind Washington’s 180 on Facebook: A rethink of monopoly power

Biden’s challenge: Building Cabinet that meets all his goals

Perdue blasts 'out of state' money as Georgia Senate spending expected to hit $500M

Nigeria steps up efforts to rescue 300 abducted pupils: Live

Potential 900% tariffs on mattresses could wallop consumers

LIVE UPDATES: Georgia Supreme Court declines to hear Trump election challenge before Electoral College vote

Tenney: House panel sent lawyers to observe ballot count of contested New York race

Vandals hit Black churches in D.C. during pro-Trump rallies

Trump faces bipartisan, international pushback on Western Sahara recognition

U.S. to remove Sudan from terrorism list on Monday - embassy

Flynn: Feds should have been looking into Swalwell instead of him and Trump
EU's Barnier says UK trade deal still possible
Trump: US 'wouldn't have a vaccine for five years' without me

Hackers backed by foreign government breach Treasury, Commerce departments: reports
Michael Flynn: US is in the midst of 'battle of Good vs. Evil'

British spy novelist John le Carre dies aged 89

As Year-End Looms, Lawmakers Still Seek Deal On More Coronavirus Aid

Brexit trade talks: Process 'still has legs', UK source says

Sterling may rise to 1.40 against U.S. dollar if Brexit deal happens: StanChart

Coronavirus News and Updates:

Vaccine comes too late for the 300,000 US dead

Coronavirus live updates: Still unclear how long vaccine protection lasts: FDA
Hunger study predicts 168,000 pandemic-linked child deaths

'New variant' of coronavirus identified in England

With 300,000 COVID-19 Deaths And Counting, The U.S. Faces Unfathomable Loss

Surgeon general urges vaccine education among communities of color
U.S. finds first case of coronavirus in wild animal, a Utah mink

As Hospitals Fear Being Overwhelmed By COVID-19, Do People With Disabilities Get The Same Access?
U.S. records deadliest week since pandemic started with 17,000 deaths

Federal health officials give update on COVID-19 vaccine launch: ABC News Live

Republicans four times more likely than Democrats not to get COVID-19 vaccine: poll

Americans willing to receive COVID-19 vaccine but divided on timing: POLL

US surpasses 300,000 COVID-19 deaths

First vaccine given in New York: "Weapon that will end the war"

Wear a sticker saying you got the COVID-19 vaccine? The CDC says it could help

COVID-19 vaccine shipments begin in historic US effort

U.S. vaccine campaign launches with first shipments 'delivering hope' to millions

Refuting Trump, FDA chief says Pfizer vaccine couldn't have been authorized sooner

Azar says all nursing home residents could be vaccinated by Christmas

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Trump suggests White House staff will wait longer for COVID-19 vaccines

Trump administration pushing delay in nursing home vaccinations

Some Covid patients may need heart damage tests before exercising again
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Gottlieb says strain on hospitals likely to peak in January

U.S. expects to have immunized 100 million against COVID-19 by end of March -Slaoui

NIH director asks Americans to leave 'conspiracy theories' behind on vaccines and 'look at the facts'

U.S. CDC director 'proud' to sign advisory panel recommendation of COVID vaccine

Transcript: Scott Gottlieb discusses coronavirus on "Face the Nation"

After 110K virus deaths, nursing homes face vaccine fears

First batch of Pfizer/BioNTEch COVID-19 vaccines arrives in Canada

South Korea orders schools to shut as COVID-19 cases spike

Japan sets new daily coronavirus record

New Zealand agrees on 'travel bubble' with Australia in early 2021

FDA chief says it's his 'greatest hope' that vaccinations start in US on Monday

Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic