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Dec 2, 2020 - Science

The "war on nature"

A resident stands on his roof as the Blue Ridge Fire burned back in October in Chino Hills, Calif.

Pelosi, Schumer call on McConnell to adopt bipartisan $900B stimulus framework

Nancy Pelosi wears a blue face mask

Scoop: Uber in talks to sell air taxi business to Joby

Illustration of a taxi in the sky with small molting wings

Setting the Biden-era cybersecurity agenda

a tech-looking flag with biden's name in a search box over it
Dec 2, 2020 - Economy

Making sense of the $28 billion Salesforce-Slack deal

a slack logo gone awry

The chasm between CO2 goals and energy production

Dec 2, 2020 - World

Putin says Russia will begin large-scale COVID-19 vaccination next week

Putin.
Dec 2, 2020 - World

Israeli parliament opts for early elections in preliminary vote

Dec 2, 2020 - Sports

The end of COVID’s grip on sports may be in sight

Illustration of a giant pair of legs standing in a tiny stadium.

Trump's 2024 begins

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Dec 2, 2020 - Health

Nursing homes are still getting pummeled by the pandemic

Dec 2, 2020 - Technology

Showdown looms over digital services tax

Illustration of a computer mouse with a knotted cord shaped like a dollar sign

Biden's economic team will write a new crisis playbook

Illustration of seesaw with large briefcase weighting one side down
Dec 2, 2020 - World

Iran's nuclear dilemma: Ramp up now or wait for Biden

Illustration of a nuclear warning as a clock face
Updated Dec 2, 2020 - Health

U.K. first nation to clear Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for mass rollout

A health care worker holds an injection syringe of the phase 3 vaccine trial, developed against COVID-19 by the U.S. Pfizer and German BioNTech in Ankara, Turkey on October 27
Dec 2, 2020 - World

Biden says he won't immediately remove U.S. tariffs on China

President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event to name his economic team at the Queen Theater on December 1, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware.

Trump threatens to veto defense spending bill over social media shield

President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on Thanksgiving

The walls close in on Trump

Walls closing in on Trump

Congress plots COVID pandemic-era office upgrades

oving crates outside Rep. Elise Stefanik's old office today.

Trump pressures Barr to release so-called Durham report

Attorney General Bill Barr stares into space at a ceremony

CDC to cut guidance on quarantine period for coronavirus exposure

A healthcare worker oversees cars as people arrive to get tested for coronavirus at a testing site in Arlington, Virginia, on December 1
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