Gabriel Sterling, Voting System Implementation Manager of Georgia Secretary of State’s office, speaks at a news conference at the State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia, January 4, 2021. Mike Segar | Reuters President Donald Trump made a series of “provably false” claims during his controversial phone call to pressure Georgia’s secretary of state to reverse President-elect
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A man wearing a face mask walks past the U.S. Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Dec. 2, 2020. Liu Jie | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images The Federal Reserve enters the new year with a fresh challenge on its plate, namely whether its commitment to higher inflation will bring power
U.S. government debt prices were lower Monday morning as investors prepare for the start of a new year of trading. At around 4:10 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note climbed to 0.9265% while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond rose to 1.6556%. Yields move inversely to prices. The Dow and
U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., December 23, 2020. Tom Brenner | Reuters President Donald Trump on Sunday said he will attend protests in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, the day Congress certifies Electoral College votes and declares President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. The
Georgia Democratic Senate candidates Raphael Warnock (R) and Jon Ossoff (L) bump elbows during a “It’s Time to Vote” drive-in rally on December 28, 2020 in Stonecrest, Georgia. Jessica McGowan | Getty Images More than 3 million Georgia residents have already cast their votes in the two Jan. 5 runoff races, a historic turnout in
Eleven GOP senators and senators-elect will push to delay the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump in the electoral college during a formal joint session of Congress on Wednesday, they announced in a statement. The senators, led by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, cited allegations of fraud and irregularities in the 2020
Decommissioned and suspended commercial aircrafts are seen stored in Pinal Airpark on May 16, 2020 in Marana, Arizona. Christian Petersen | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Covid-19 pandemic has been brutal for U.S. airlines and significant relief isn’t expected until the second half of 2021. U.S. carriers’ 2020 net losses likely topped $35
Modern Health founder and CEO founder Alyson Watson Modern Health Alyson Watson had an important message for her team. It was May 1, six weeks after the coronavirus pandemic forced employees into isolation. Her company, Modern Health, was busier than ever. Watson, 30, started Modern Health three years earlier to help expand the availability of
Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, and members of the House Freedom Caucus conduct a news conference to call on Attorney General William Barr to release findings of an investigation into allegations of 2020 election fraud, outside the Capitol on Thursday, December 3, 2020. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The Department of Justice
President Donald Trump speaking in a released video on Twitter on Dec. 31st, 2020. The White House | Twitter WASHINGTON — In the final days of 2020, the United States saw coronavirus deaths spike, cases surge to staggering levels, hospitals strained and the rollout of desperately needed vaccines fall short of expectations. December was the deadliest
Treasury yields were flat on Thursday, the last trading day of 2020, as investors assessed the status of a fresh coronavirus stimulus package. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was at 0.9298% at roughly 2 a.m. ET, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was also higher at 1.6710%. Yields move inversely to
Gov. Jared Polis and officials announced Denver and a number of other Colorado counties will be moved to Level Red on a newly revamped version of the state”u2019s color-coded COVID-19 dial at Boettcher Mansion in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday. November 17, 2020. Hyoung Chang | Denver Post | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Colorado health officials said
Dr. Carlos del Rio warned “The News with Shepard Smith” that the effort to vaccinate Americans needs to “change dramatically,” as the United States missed its vaccination goals two weeks after Americans started receiving shots. “If we’re going to get to have every single American who needs a vaccine and wants the vaccine, vaccinated by
With only a few days to go, the United States will likely fall short of its goal to vaccinate 20 million Americans by the year’s end as the nation embarks on what will be a historic campaign to inoculate hundreds of millions of people against the coronavirus by the middle of next year. Two Covid-19
The number of shipments coming through the nation’s busiest container port complex in Los Angeles is up substantially from the first half of the year, reflecting a rebound in business and shift in consumer habits. Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka in an appearance Monday on CNBC said cargo volume is up 50%
Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, outside the Capitol, December 3, 2020. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Rep. Louie Gohmert became the latest Republican to file a long-shot lawsuit attempting to reverse President-elect Joe Biden‘s victory — this time by suing Vice President Mike Pence. The last-ditch legal effort, filed Sunday, came from
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks with Alex Azar, secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), not pictured, before they receive the Moderna Inc. Covid-19 vaccine during an event at the NIH Clinical Center Masur Auditorium in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec, 22, 2020. The National Institutes
Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine is pictured at Rady Children’s Hospital before it’s placed back in the refrigerator in San Diego, California on December 15, 2020. Adriana Drehsler | AFP | Getty Images Doses of the coronavirus vaccine may have been wrongfully obtained and distributed throughout parts of New York, the state’s top doctor said Saturday. Dr.