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Warp Speed Officials Say Covid Vaccine Distribution Is Going Too Slowly  The New York Times Warp speed official says vaccine rollout has fallen short of goal  CBS Evening News ‘Lower than we hoped’: Trump officials ask for patience on vaccine  NBC News The

The CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media is seeking to retain control over Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty for at least two years – even though President Biden has signaled he will be replaced. (Image credit: U.S. Agency for

Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee faces a nine-year prison term in the bribery case that contributed to the downfall of former president Park Guen-hye. Prosecutors argued that the length of the sentence is warranted because of Samsung’s power

Trump to return to Washington early ahead of Republican plan to disrupt certification of Biden’s win  CNN Four things to watch in US politics in 2021  Al Jazeera English How Trump and Republicans have tried to overturn the 2020 election  USA TODAY Enemy

Trump to return to Washington early ahead of Republican plan to disrupt certification of Biden’s win  CNN Hawley vows to challenge Biden electors, forcing vote McConnell hoped to avoid  POLITICO Column: Politics in 2021 — Will the blurring of reality and fantasy

Biden national security adviser criticizes Obama’s foreign policy for not focusing on middle-class Americans  Fox NewsView Full Coverage on Google News

Trump lashes out at GOP after override vote on defense bill  The Associated Press Trump’s demands run into McConnell’s maneuvers  CNN Donald Trump turns up heat on Senate to approve bigger stimulus  Financial Times GOP pollster says Trump’s demand for $2,000 stimulus checks

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell all but shut the door Wednesday on President Donald Trump’s push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks, declaring Congress has provided enough pandemic aid as he blocked another attempt by Democrats to force a

Officials at the Wisconsin medical center first suspected a now-former employee inadvertently left the Moderna drugs out of cold storage. But an investigation concludes they were deliberately removed. (Image credit: Charlie Riedel/AP)

BEIJING — China has given conditional approval to a coronavirus vaccine developed by state-owned Sinopharm. The vaccine is the first one approved for general use in China. Chen Shifei, the deputy commissioner of China’s National Medical Products Administration, said at