Thousands of protestors will gather in Washington the day Congress certifies Electoral College votes and declares President-elect Joe Biden the winner.
The effort, the latest among dozens of Republican attempts to overturn Trump's loss, is unlikely to alter the electoral college tally, which Biden won 306-232.
U.S. air travel hit its highest level on Saturday since mid-March, raising fears that the spike in holiday travel will result in another surge in Covid-19 cases and deaths in upcoming weeks.
"We can be fairly confident this variant is now everywhere," Mercedes Carnethon, a professor of medicine at Northwestern University, told MSNBC on Friday.
More than 3 million Georgia residents have already cast their votes in the two Jan. 5 runoff races that determine which party controls the U.S. Senate this year.
Modern Health founder and CEO Alyson Watson had to remind employees that their mental health comes first during a year of anxiety amid the coronavirus pandemic.
President Donald Trump has refused to concede he lost the election to Joe Biden. Trump's Republican allies have launched a long-shot bid to overturn the loss.
The remarks came shortly after a speech from Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who slammed the $2,000 direct payments as "socialism for the rich."
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