Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Sunday, December 6, 2020

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

Rudy Giuliani in hospital after testing positive for COVID-19
Giuliani was admitted to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.

Biden picks Calif. AG Becerra to lead HHS, pandemic response

4 takeaways from the Georgia Senate debate

Arizona legislature shuts down after Giuliani tests positive for coronavirus

Georgia Republican Senator Loeffler dodges questions on Trump during debate with challenger Warnock
Trump warns Georgia voters, 'If you don't vote, the socialists and the communists win'
Trump absence, virus may affect Biden inauguration

Kelly Loeffler repeats Trump didn't lose 2020 election during Georgia Senate debate against Raphael Warnock

GOP senator calls for continued pursuit of voter fraud claims

Live politics updates: SCOTUS sets Tuesday deadline in Trump ally's Pennsylvania election challenge

Power struggle sparks tensions among Senate Democrats
Ossoff 'debates' next to empty podium, says Perdue feels 'entitled to your vote'

Biden seen nominating infectious diseases expert Walensky to run CDC: person familiar

Loeffler refuses to say whether Trump lost, spars with Warnock over their agendas, records

Biden’s pick to head OMB brings experience, Twitter enemies

Sharp attacks and Trump's baseless election claims dominate Georgia Senate debate
Trump plans to outshine Biden on Inauguration Day with opposing rally: report

Kelly Loeffler repeatedly rips Raphael Warnock as a 'radical liberal'

'May incriminate himself in debate': Jon Ossoff on Sen. Perdue's absence from debate
Despite mounting legal losses, senator refuses to acknowledge Biden's election win

Trump election claims dominate Georgia Senate debate

Source: Attorney general considering exiting before Trump leaves office

Lawmakers say COVID-19 relief bill won’t offer $1,200 checks
Cuomo's office a 'toxic' work environment, people 'deathly afraid of him,' former aide says

Georgia GOP files FEC complaint against Ossoff campaign

FBI raids New Jersey lab, urges new Covid-19 tests for people who went there

Loeffler sidesteps debate question on Trump's claims of 'rigged' election

Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani tests positive for COVID
Biden changes his story on Bin Laden raid -- again

Stacey Abrams's refusal to concede was justified but Trump's isn't, Warnock says

Trump's bold foreign policy moves raise fear of 'destructive' final days

Trump's false fraud claims are laying groundwork for new voting restrictions, experts warn

Trump legal team celebrates after Michigan judge allows probe of Dominion voting machines

Trump's 'mountains of misinformation' at rally not helping Republican Senate chances, Georgia's GOP lieutenant governor says

Trump challenges vote results while urging turnout in Ga.

GOP senator says Trump in effect conceded with GSA mov

'We've never found systemic fraud': Ga. secretary of state says of election

Trump vows to 'win back White House' at Georgia rally

Loeffler and Warnock to face off in key Georgia Senate debate with control of upper chamber on the line

Trump's Final Days of Rage and Denial - NY Times

Trump keeps up false claims of widespread fraud at Georgia rally for U.S. senators

MyPillow's Mike Lindell: People 'will be going to prison' over Georgia vote

Trump tells supporters to vote in Georgia runoffs, refuses to accept reality of his loss

Trump administration pushes 'midnight regulations' after breaking records for final-year rulemaking

Democrats bet Perdue's stock trades can sway runoff

Ratcliffe wants interim Durham report, says no intelligence to support FBI Russia probe

Hell week bears down on Congress

John Ratcliffe says FBI needs to 'provide more visibility' into potential voter fraud investigations

Loeffler and Warnock to meet in Georgia Senate debate

Trump tactics to overturn election could have staying power
The 2020 vote wasn't that close at all

State Rep. Jones: Democratic Senate wins in Georgia would bring 'chaos and communism'

Sunday shows - Health officials anticipate vaccine distribution, warn of worsening pandemic

Trump rants about his election grievances in Georgia, even though it may hurt the GOP

Former Trump Organization VP: Trump said he didn't 'want people thinking Trump Towers are being built by Black people' - BI

Braun says legal process must play out so doubts about election don't linger

Do Democrats have a 'branding' problem? Georgia offers a test

GOP senator: Bipartisan coronavirus bill extends eviction protection, leaves out direct payments

States defer to health providers on who gets first vaccines

The looming eviction crisis

GOP White House hopefuls wait to see what Trump does next

Trump's Legal Losses Come Fast And Furious
What do U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia have to do with Puerto Rico statehood?

Patrick Basham explains why Biden victory 'not statistically impossible, but ... statistically implausible'

Wyoming health official: 'So-called' pandemic was invented to spread communism

Centrist senators express optimism their COVID-19 relief bill will become law

How to watch the Georgia Senate debate on Sunday

Trump makes multiple false claims in first campaign rally since election loss

US Navy official says 'uneasy deterrence' reached with Iran

2020 meltdown leaves Iowa Democrats on edge

Trump campaigns in Georgia amid crucial Senate race

Transcript: Lori Lightfoot on "Face the Nation," December 6, 2020

Karen Bass wants African American woman to replace Kamala Harris in the Senate

Talks continue in Congress on government funding and Covid relief

GOP election official in Georgia says Trump's false election statements 'game of whack-a-mole'

Britain and EU resume trade talks in 'final throw of the dice'

Report finds microwave energy likely made US diplomats ill

Trump border wall on pristine land hurts animal migration: "They don't recognize any boundaries...

Indonesia minister turns himself in for COVID-19 aid graft

ABC's Stephanopoulos to GOP senator on presidential race: 'Why can't you accept the results?'

Special session over Georgia election would 'nullify the will of the people,' secretary of State says

Trump's grip on GOP may be his greatest feat of political wizardry yet

Inauguration planners rethink how to party in age of virus

Thousands of anti-Lukashenko protesters march in Belarus, hundreds detained

Brennan has no problem with probe into Russia investigation extending into 2021

Coronavirus News and Updates:

Veterans nursing home issues SOS over COVID-19 outbreak

Gottlieb says U.S. could near 4,000 deaths a day as virus surges

Giuliani tests positive for COVID-19, latest in Trump's inner circle

Biden picks infectious diseases specialist to lead CDC: report
Vaccine could prompt 'significant decrease' in COVID-19 deaths by January

Health officials warn Americans not to let their guard down

California faces strict new coronavirus lockdowns; some sheriffs push back

Transcript: Scott Gottlieb discusses coronavirus on "Face the Nation," December 6, 2020

UK gears up for huge vaccination plan watched by the world

Transcript: James Linder on "Face the Nation," December 6, 2020

FDA could authorize COVID-19 vaccine within days, if meetings go well: HHS secretary

U.S. coronavirus vaccine adviser to meet with Biden this week
Schools in southwest Ohio kept out Covid. But they couldn't keep the buses running.

Birx says it's 'frustrating' to hear public 'parrot back' false COVID-19 claims

Coronavirus live updates: 23 more California counties hit with stay-at-home orders

Azar believes 'vulnerable' populations should get vaccine first, but governors have final say

Biden's criticism of vaccine rollout 'just nonsense,' Azar says

Nearly 85% Of California Residents To Be Under Stay-At-Home Orders Through Christmas

CDC recommends 'universal use of face masks,' including indoor and outdoor use

Despite promise, few in US adopting COVID-19 exposure apps

Birx says health officials are still fighting 'myths' about pandemic's spread

Azar tells Chris Wallace COVID-19 spikes about behavior, not Trump

U.S. vaccine chief Moncef Slaoui sees "light at the end of the tunnel"

Most of California to be under stay-at-home orders as COVID-19 surges

Biden's 100-day mask plan 'a good idea,' Trump's vaccine chief says

Italy's COVID-19 death toll passes 60,000, with 564 new fatalities
Covid exacerbated chronic inequality in schools. Here's how it hit some kids more than others.

Transcript: Moncef Slaoui on "Face the Nation," December 6, 2020

Will the US ever have a national COVID-19 testing strategy?

South Korea tightens curbs in Seoul as COVID-19 cases hit 9-month high

China prepares large-scale rollout of coronavirus vaccines

Indonesia receives first COVID vaccine from China's Sinovac