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Dec 16, 2020 - Health

How mass rapid tests could help curb the pandemic

Illustration of a house made out of cotton swabs.

Scoop: Vice President Pence to receive televised vaccine shot

Vice President Mike Pence

Scoop: Top Biden aide's "f--ker" quote under fire

Jen O'Malley Dillon
Dec 16, 2020 - Economy

45 of 50 biggest U.S. companies turned profit since March

Drone shows cars lining up at Share Your Christmas food distribution event in Kissimmee, Fla. Photo:
Dec 16, 2020 - Economy

Roku and AT&T reach agreement to distribute HBO Max

Updated Dec 16, 2020 - Economy

Fed pledges to continue buying bonds until economy makes "substantial" progress

Jerome Powell

Texas hits Google with antitrust suit over ad tech practices

A photo of a Google office building in Dublin, Ireland

Emails show former Trump health appointee advocated herd immunity strategy

HHS secretary speaks next to Trump
Dec 16, 2020 - Economy

What Sequoia Capital got right

Illustration of a pile of money with a man trying to shovel his way out and failing. 

Congressional leaders move closer to striking stimulus deal

Picture of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Dec 16, 2020 - World

U.S. accuses Switzerland and Vietnam of currency war

Mnuchin

Biden's green team emerges

Joe Biden
Dec 16, 2020 - Economy

Stock traders may be putting too much faith in Congress

Illustration of a suitcase full of money with a sign that says free on a trap door.

NBA contracts reign supreme with Giannis Antetokounmpo's megadeal

Mitch, the muscle

Mitch McConnell
Dec 16, 2020 - Technology

Tech's hidden hand in the vaccine rollout

Illustration of a pixelated vaccine syringe
Dec 16, 2020 - Economy

A year of monumental change in the workplace

Animated illustration of a traffic light changing from red to yellow to green with work icons
Dec 16, 2020 - Health

Rural America will have a harder time getting vaccinated

Illustration of a syringe in a haystack with the needle poking out.

Georgia's early voting starts with heavy turnout

Voters wait in a long line to vote at the Buckhead library in Atlanta on the first day of In-person early voting for the Georgia Senate runoff election on Monday, Dec. 14.

New Mexicans could test Biden's drilling pledge

Joe Biden

Mitch's heads-ups

Mitch McConnell

Scoop: Biden eyes last-minute Republican pick

Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris

Biden to pick former EPA head Gina McCarthy as climate czar

Photo of Gina McCarthy speaking behind a podium with an American flag to her back
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