Donald Trump has finally agreed to begin the transition to a Joe Biden presidency, three weeks after the election. It followed a declaration from the General Services Administration (GSA) yesterday that Biden was the apparent winner of the US election, enabling the transition of power to officially begin. …

G20 leaders meeting remotely pledged on Sunday to “spare no effort” to ensure the fair distribution of coronavirus vaccines worldwide, but offered no specific new funding to meet that goal. The virtual summit hosted by Saudi Arabia was an awkward swan song for Donald Trump, who skipped some sessions on…

Given the regulatory timeline, Dec. 13 is the earliest the first round of vaccine against the coronavirus could start to be given to select Americans. Less than a year after the unprecedented effort began, the first COVID-19 vaccines are expected to reach Americans within weeks. No one knows for certain…

A cross-party group of national and local politicians will this week lobby the government for emergency funds to tackle the impact of Covid-19 on workers whose livelihoods rely on airports. The aviation industry has been identified as one of the business sectors hardest hit by the pandemic — costing the…

Michigan’s Board of State Canvassers should delay Monday’s planned certification of the state’s Nov. 3 election results, a prominent state Republican said Friday. John James, the GOP candidate who competed in the state’s U.S. Senate race earlier this month — but has not yet conceded to Democratic incumbent Sen. …

Los Angeles could lock down as soon as Sunday following a record-high number of coronavirus infections on Thursday, a county health official said. A Sunday lockdown would bar any Thanksgiving gatherings this upcoming week. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended against travel and gathering on the holiday. …

President Trump on Friday claimed the U.S. would not have a coronavirus vaccine on the way had he not been in the Oval Office to oversee its development. “We’re way ahead on vaccines,” Trump said during a press conference at the White House. …

Vaccine makers are racing the clock amidst a surge in COVID-19 cases. School’s ~physically~ out for New York City. And People’s Sexiest Man Alive is … Michael B. Jordan. 🔥 It’s Ashley. Let’s talk news. But first, it pays to be George Clooney’s pal: The actor had a pretty thoughtful…

President-elect Joe Biden said there should be “immediate” congressional action on student loans, after Democrats suggested he should sign an executive order to forgive student debt. A Biden official told Fox News that the president-elect is calling for “immediate” action to forgive $10,000 of student loan debt for borrowers —…