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U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., December 23, 2020. Tom Brenner | Reuters President Donald Trump on Sunday said he will attend protests in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, the day Congress certifies Electoral College votes and declares …

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks with Alex Azar, secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), not pictured, before they receive the Moderna Inc. Covid-19 vaccine during an event at the NIH Clinical Center Masur Auditorium in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec, …

US President-Elect Joe Biden delivers remarks before the holiday at The Queen in Wilmington, Delaware on December 22, 2020. Alex Edelman | AFP | Getty Images President-elect Joe Biden will push for a third round of stimulus checks in the next Covid-19 relief bill, he said on Tuesday. The former …

US President-elect Joe Biden receives a Covid-19 vaccination from Tabe Masa, Nurse Practitioner and Head of Employee Health Services, at the Christiana Care campus in Newark, Delaware on December 21, 2020. Alex Edelman | AFP | Getty Images President-elect Joe Biden received a Covid-19 vaccine on live television Monday afternoon …

Boxes containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the McKesson distribution center in Olive Branch, Mississippi, U.S. December 20, 2020. Paul Sancya | Reuters The $900 billion coronavirus relief package agreed to by lawmakers allocates $8 billion to $9 billion to fund vaccine distribution, at least …

If you experience severe side effects after getting a Covid vaccine, lawyers tell CNBC there is basically no one to blame in a U.S. court of law.  The federal government has granted companies like Pfizer and Moderna immunity from liability if something unintentionally goes wrong with their vaccines. “It is …

Congressional efforts to fund state and local distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine continued to hang in the balance on Monday even as the first doses of Pfizer’s pioneering inoculation were being administered. Lawmakers have yet to agree to a funding package to help health departments with the unprecedented vaccination campaign, …

US President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to wrestler Dan Gable in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on December 7, 2020. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order …

Dr. Deborah Birx warned on Sunday that the escalating coronavirus surge is likely to be the most trying event in U.S. history, as hospital systems around the country strain to combat its mounting daily death toll. “This is not just the worst public health event. This is the worst event …

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) talks with reporters following the weekly Republican Senate conference meeting in the Mansfield Room at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, December 1, 2020. Tom Williams | Reuters Only 25 Republican lawmakers in Congress acknowledge Joe Biden’s win over Donald Trump during the U.S. …

The results of the Covid-19 vaccine trials are starting to come in, and they’re looking good. We could see distribution as early as December. In the history of medicine, the quickest vaccine to have ever been developed took four years. This one came in eight months. Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and …

A woman and her dog leave Red Square in downtown Moscow on September 24, 2020. YURI KADOBNOV | AFP | Getty Images U.S.-Russia relations are at a low point, according to the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, who told CNBC that Moscow was willing to work with the next …

The technology industry has had an up-and-down relationship with President Trump, even though for many tech stocks, the Trump presidential first term has been up and to the right on the trading chart. Apple CEO Tim Cook received kudos for a rapport with Trump that averted the worst potential outcomes …

2020 has been an unusual year and nobody knows that as well as two-time Masters winner Bubba Watson. The golf great took time off from his game this week to catch up with CNBC about how he’s preparing for the most iconic golf tournament of the year, how he’s turned …

The Affordable Care Act seems likely to withstand its third challenge at the Supreme Court. During arguments in a case seeking to eliminate Obamacare, two of the court’s conservatives on Tuesday signaled they would not strike down the landmark legislation. Chief Justice John Roberts, who cast the key vote in …

A protestor holds a sign outside the U.S. Supreme Court building, as the court justices engage in arguments over the fate of Obamacare laws, in Washington, U.S. November 10, 2020. Hannah McKay | Reuters The landmark health-care legislation known as Obamacare will face its third test at the Supreme Court …