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Tucker Carlson lands 2-book, 8-figure deal

Charles Dharapak / AP

The Fox News host and longtime conservative commentator, who turns 48 later this month, has a two-book deal with Threshold Editions, per AP National Writer Hillel Italie:

  • Carlson has become one of Fox's biggest names with the departures of Megyn Kelly and Bill O'Reilly. Numerous publishers had expressed interest, according to his literary agency, Javelin.
  • Threshold, a conservative imprint of Simon & Schuster, has also released books by PresidentTrump and former Vice President Cheney.

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President-elect Joe Biden has picked former FDA chief David Kessler to lead Operation Warp Speed, a day after unveiling a nearly $2 trillion pandemic relief plan that includes $400 billion for directly combatting the virus.

Why it matters: Biden's transition team said Kessler has been advising the president-elect since the beginning of the pandemic, and hopes his involvement will help accelerate vaccination, the New York Times reports. Operation Warp Speed's current director, Moncef Slaoui, will stay on as a consultant.

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The case of the missing relief money

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A chunk of stimulus payments is missing in action, thanks to a mix up that put as many as 13 million checks into invalid bank accounts.

Why it matters: The IRS (by law) was supposed to get all payments out by Friday. Now the onus could shift to Americans to claim the money on their tax refund — further delaying relief to struggling, lower-income Americans.

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The post-Trump GOP, gutted

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Republicans will emerge from the Trump era gutted financially, institutionally and structurally.

The big picture: The losses are stark and substantial.

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