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Joe Biden will push for a third round of stimulus checks in the next Covid-19 relief bill.

Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Trump, is being investigated by the same office in Manhattan that he once headed.

Trump has refused to concede he lost to Joe Biden. Michael Flynn and other Trump backers have suggested he invoke martial law.

California Secretary of State Alex Padilla will succeed Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in the U.S. Senate, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday.

This year, the holiday meals will be switched to grab-and-go style takeout instead of large group gatherings in order to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.

West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice said he does not believe the U.S. is ready to move away from coal and gas industries under President-elect Joe Biden, who has made tackling climate change a core part of his agenda.

Congress passed a bill that contains $900 billion in coronavirus aid and a $1.4 trillion government funding plan, sending it to President Trump.

In interviews with dozens of officials, CNBC has learned that the program proved not only ineffective but dangerous from its earliest days.

By singling out Russia, Barr sided with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the rest of the national security establishment but contradicted Trump.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke in a CNBC interview ahead of Congress' expected vote to pass the $900 billion Covid-19 relief bill.

The legislation includes a $300 weekly unemployment supplement, $600 direct payments and nearly $300 billion in Paycheck Protection Program loans.

Biden received a Covid-19 vaccine on live television Monday afternoon in a demonstration intended to encourage Americans to receive shots of their own.

Lawmakers will now move to vote on the proposal, along with a full-year government spending bill.

President Trump has mulled pushing the Justice Department to name a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden, son of President-elect Joe Biden.

"The subpoenas were necessary because ... efforts to interfere with scientific work at CDC were far more extensive and dangerous than previously known," Rep. Jim Clyburn said in a statement.

The Covid-19 relief package agreed to by lawmakers provides for more funding for coronavirus vaccine distribution than did earlier proposals.

Washington will prevent a government shutdown for two days while Congress tries to reach spending and coronavirus relief deals.

Trump's reelection campaign made a long shot bid at the Supreme Court on Sunday to challenge President-elect Joe Biden's victory in Pennsylvania.

Trump told advisors that he is considering appointing Sidney Powell as special counsel to investigate allegations of election fraud.

Tensions between Biden's team and Pentagon brass erupted after acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller canceled transition team meetings for the rest of 2020.