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Month: November 2020

Justice Dept. schedules 3 more federal executions during lame-duck period, including two days before Biden sworn in

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has scheduled three more federal executions during the lame-duck period before President-elect Joe Biden takes office, including two just days before his inauguration. The announcement comes a day after the federal Bureau of Prisons carried out the eight federal execution this year after a 17-year hiatus, and it is

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Donald Trump Jr. tests positive for coronavirus

Donald Trump Jr., President Donald Trump’s eldest son, has tested positive for the coronavirus, a personal spokesman told CNN on Friday. “Don tested positive at the start of the week and has been quarantining out at his cabin since the result,” the spokesman said. “He’s been completely asymptomatic so far and is following all medically

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Former El Paso city rep, county commissioner Barbara Perez dies at age 76 from Covid-19

EL PASO, Texas – Well-known community leader and politician Barbara Perez died Friday afternoon after contracting Covid-19, her husband said. Perez, 76, had served as an El Paso city representative, county commissioner and member of the Socorro school board, among numerous other posts during her long career. She ran unsuccessfully for El Paso mayor and

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BioNTech y Pfizer solicitarán autorización de emergencia para la vacuna de covid-19 este viernes

(CNN Español) — La empresa de biotecnología alemana BioNTech, que ha estado trabajando en una vacuna contra el covid-19 con el gigante farmacéutico estadounidense Pfizer, presentará el viernes la documentación para el uso de emergencia de su vacuna ante la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de Estados Unidos (FDA), el presidente ejecutivo de la compañía,

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Trump unveils controversial drug price rules in a last-ditch attempt to fulfill campaign promise

President Donald Trump unveiled two controversial rules on Friday aimed at reducing drug prices — a last-ditch effort to fulfill a key 2016 promise that immediately sparked legal threats from the pharmaceutical industry and condemnation from Democrats. If the two measures announced Friday survive legal challenges, they will radically transform the nation’s drug price system.

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The week in 16 headlines

As Trump has remained hunkered down in the White House, the Biden transition team is pushing forward, announcing new White House hires and plans to tackle the coronavirus. Although there have been some promising vaccine announcements, the pandemic is still ravaging the United States. Monday Lawsuits that tried to disrupt Biden’s wins in four states

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Fact checking McEnany’s first White House press briefing since Trump’s election loss

In her first press briefing since October 1, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany repeated several old falsehoods around voting, the coronavirus and special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference. McEnany also made the flatly incorrect claim that there was not an orderly transfer of power from Barack Obama’s administration to then President-elect Donald

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Ben Carson says he was ‘desperately ill’ from Covid but is now ‘out of the woods’

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said Friday he became “desperately ill” from Covid-19, but now believes he is “out of the woods” after receiving an antibody treatment. Carson, 69, was among the latest Trump administration officials or campaign advisers who have tested positive for Covid-19. Carson tested positive last Monday at Walter Reed

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7 adults, 1 teen wounded in Wisconsin shopping mall shooting; gunman still ‘at-large’

WAUWATOSA, Wisconsin — Eight people were shot and wounded by a gunman at a shopping mall in Wauwatosa, about 7 miles northwest of Milwaukee, on Friday afternoon. “None of the victims’ injuries appear to be life threatening,” Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride told ABC News, adding that “the perpetrator is “at-large” at this time.” Police Chief

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Algunos senadores republicanos reconsideran su silencio: están nerviosos por los esfuerzos de Trump para revertir los resultados

(CNN) –– Un número creciente de legisladores republicanos veteranos rechaza las tácticas del presidente Donald Trump para revertir los resultados electorales que muestran que perdió la carrera, al expresar preocupaciones de que puedan dañar la respuesta de Estados Unidos a la crisis de coronavirus y socavar un pilar clave de la democracia. En los últimos

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