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Coronavirus cases across the US
All reported confirmed cases and deaths:

Cases by State
States Confirmed Deceased
Illinois 911,308 16,671
New York 866,765 36,447
Ohio 637,032 8,252
Georgia 600,517 10,463
Pennsylvania 571,551 14,212
Tennessee 534,019 6,269
Michigan 504,629 12,339
North Carolina 488,902 6,291
Indiana 471,876 7,581
Arizona 467,215 8,125
Wisconsin 461,015 4,545
New Jersey 440,336 18,326
Minnesota 401,011 4,896
Missouri 370,439 5,158
Massachusetts 331,174 11,804
Alabama 329,811 4,452
Virginia 314,481 4,705
Colorado 313,552 4,369
Louisiana 290,960 7,158
South Carolina 278,055 4,976
Iowa 270,295 3,653
Oklahoma 265,620 2,240
Maryland 255,397 5,519
Utah 255,085 1,173
Kentucky 247,344 2,440
Washington 227,887 3,131
Nevada 206,974 2,825
Arkansas 205,048 3,338
Kansas 204,600 2,448
Mississippi 197,691 4,490
Connecticut 168,960 5,703
Nebraska 158,324 1,521
Idaho 132,594 1,313
New Mexico 132,075 2,203
Puerto Rico 107,158 1,272
Oregon 105,073 1,382
South Dakota 95,509 5,461
North Dakota 90,453 1,238
Rhode Island 81,187 1,678
Montana 77,947 895
West Virginia 74,737 1,171
Delaware 51,623 872
Alaska 44,463 194
Wyoming 42,379 373
New Hampshire 38,008 656
Washington 26,900 744
Hawaii 20,417 282
Maine 19,743 303
Guam 7,106 118
Vermont 6,608 112
California 1,925,007 22,923
Texas 1,613,095 25,606
Florida 1,223,020 21,052
 
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Lawmakers block Trump's requested changes on coronavirus bill
By Andy Sullivan, Richard Cowan

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ted-changes-on-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN28Y12O

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday blocked attempts to alter a $2.3 trillion coronavirus aid and government spending package, leaving its status in doubt after President Donald Trump demanded extensive changes to the legislation.

Democrats sought to increase direct payments to Americans included in the bill from $600 to $2,000 per person as part of a coronavirus economic relief initiative, acting on one of Trump?s requests. Trump?s fellow Republicans, who oppose the higher amount, blocked that effort.

Republicans then moved to change the amount of foreign aid included in the package, seeking to address another one of Trump?s complaints. Democrats blocked that request. The House then adjourned for the day.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the chamber will hold a recorded vote on the stimulus-check increase on Monday.

The flurry of activity on the House floor did nothing to break a standoff that threatens desperately needed assistance for millions of Americans and raises the prospect of a partial government shutdown at a time when officials are trying to distribute two coronavirus vaccines.

Congress could keep operations running by passing a fourth stopgap funding bill before midnight on Monday. To successfully do that, lawmakers would need Trump?s cooperation at a time when he is still consumed by his November loss to Democrat Joe Biden, who is set to take office on Jan. 20.

Trump was in Florida, where he was due to play golf on Thursday. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The stopgap bill would not include coronavirus aid, however.

Embittered by his defeat to Biden, Trump is pressing Congress to dramatically alter the package, which passed by wide, bipartisan margins on Monday.

The 5,500-page bill took months to negotiate and was supported by Trump?s administration.

With the status quo unchanged, it was unclear whether Trump would sign the package into law or hold out for further action.

Without his signature, unemployment benefits for those thrown out of work by the pandemic are due to expire as soon as Saturday, and the U.S. government would be forced into a partial shutdown starting on Tuesday.

The House is due to return on Monday to attempt to override Trump?s veto of an unrelated defense-policy bill which, like the coronavirus package, passed Congress by wide, bipartisan margins.

Reporting by Andy Sullivan; additional reporting by Steve HollandEditing by Noeleen Walder and Howard Goller

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Democrats sought to increase direct payments to Americans included in the bill from $600 to $2,000 per person as part of a coronavirus economic relief initiative, acting on one of Trump?s requests. Trump?s fellow Republicans, who oppose the higher amount, blocked that effort.
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Cricket seems to think it?s Pelosi?s fault even though she?s come out saying the Democrats back Trump and his request for the amount to be increased. Maybe getting your news from propaganda websites is not a bright idea. Who knew?!


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Cricket seems to think it?s Pelosi?s fault even though she?s come out saying the Democrats back Trump and his request for the amount to be increased. Maybe getting your news from propaganda websites is not a bright idea. Who knew?!


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The truth doesn't make for Facebook fodder.
 
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Cricket seems to think it?s Pelosi?s fault even though she?s come out saying the Democrats back Trump and his request for the amount to be increased. Maybe getting your news from propaganda websites is not a bright idea. Who knew?!


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Trump knew this wouldn't go over with Republicans. He's continuing on his path of destruction before he's kicked out.

I just hope he doesn't launch nukes!
 
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Trump knew this wouldn't go over with Republicans. He's continuing on his path of destruction before he's kicked out.

I just hope he doesn't launch nukes!
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He will do anything necessary to be the Party leader when he is dragged out of the White House.

The perception of him as the leader to the base is his only hope for being elected in 2024.

The Republicans on Capitol Hill created a monster now they can't rid themselves of it.
 
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One COVID-19 patient is dying every 10 minutes in Los Angeles County as officials fear post-Christmas surge
​https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-patient-dies-every-10-minutes-los-angeles-post-christmas-surge/

Los Angeles is being severely impacted from a post-Thanksgiving surge in COVID-19 cases, as Americans across the country gather for Christmas despite health warnings.

The city has seen a four-fold increase in cases, with patients dying at the rate of one every ten minutes in Los Angeles County.

The news comes as millions of Americans show no signs they will heed health officials and ring in the New Year safely, and the number of coronavirus cases across the U.S. is pushing doctors and nurses to the limit.

More than 7 million people cleared the Transportation Security Administration for flights out of U.S. airports in the week before Christmas, CBS News' Michael George reports.

The number is less than half the number of travelers from 2019, but still outpaced Thanksgiving travel volume, the previous record-high since the pandemic began.

"If what happens over the winter holiday break is at all the same as what happened or even half of what happened over the Thanksgiving holiday, we're in deep trouble," Los Angeles County public health official Dr. Barbara Ferrer warned.

Dr. Stephen Patterson, who works at a hospital in nearby Riverside, said the rise in cases also saw a significant change in patient demographics.

"We are still seeing a great number of those individuals that are part of our vulnerable populations ? the elderly, those with chronic illnesses," Patterson said. "But, we are also seeing people who are in the 20s and 30s and early 40s."

Although new vaccines have shown promise in the fight against the pandemic, Patterson urged Americans to think about their day-to-day actions and their effects.

"Think about those decisions that you make ? 'Will I take my mask off here, or will I decide that I would like to go out to eat here,' and those kinds of things, which can increase the risk that you yourself could bring that home to your family or that you could bring it home to a loved one," he said.


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TSA screened 1.1M travelers the day after Christmas
BY MARINA PITOFSKY - 12/27/20 07:14 PM EST

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brie...sa-screened-11m-travelers-day-after-christmas

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened more than 1.1 million travelers on Saturday, the day after Christmas, despite pleas from public health officials for individuals not to travel amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

TSA confirmed that it screened 1,128,773 travelers on Dec. 26. The number falls short of the 1,191,123 travelers who passed through airport checkpoints on Dec. 23.

Dec. 23 brought the most travelers through airport checkpoints since March 16, when 1,257,823 people were screened.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and top health officials called on Americans not to travel during the Thanksgiving holiday or around Christmas in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci earlier this month urged Americans to ?Stay at home as much as you can, keep your interactions to the extent possible to members of the same household.?

?This cannot be business as usual this Christmas because we're already in a very difficult situation, and we're going to make it worse, if we don't do something about it,? Fauci told The Washington Post.

The United States reported 225,930 coronavirus cases on Saturday and 1,646 fatalities. The country has reported over 19 million COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.
 
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$2,000 checks demanded by Trump will come down to Senate
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stimulus-check-2000-trump-senate/
BY MELISSA QUINN

UPDATED ON: DECEMBER 29, 2020 / 12:36 PM / CBS NEWS

Washington ? Following the House's approval Monday of legislation to boost the direct payments to Americans from $600 to $2,000, all eyes are on the Republican-controlled Senate, which will soon decide whether to back President Trump's demand for increased coronavirus relief checks or split with the president in his waning days in office.

The House passed the bill introduced last week 275 to 134 and brought to the floor for a vote in response to the last-minute request from Mr. Trump to send $2,000 checks to Americans grappling with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Forty-four Republicans joined with their Democratic counterparts in support of the measure.

The bill now heads to the Senate where its fate is uncertain, and it remains unclear whether Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will even bring it to the floor for a vote. In remarks on the Senate floor, McConnell noted Mr. Trump's position on three issues ? the added relief to the American people through direct payments, reforms to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which provides a powerful legal shield to social media companies, and voter fraud ? but did not make it clear how he intends to proceed.

"Those are the three important subjects the president has linked together," he said. "This week, the Senate will begin a process to bring these three priorities into focus."

While Republicans resisted efforts by their Democratic colleagues to approve a coronavirus relief package with a $1 trillion price tag, a growing number of GOP senators have announced their support for the increased direct payments, including Georgia's two Republican senators who are on the ballot in a pair of runoff elections January 5.

Senator Kelly Loeffler took to Twitter earlier Tuesday to announce her backing for the $2,000 payments, saying, "I agree with @realDonaldTrump ? we need to deliver $2,000 direct relief checks to the American people." Senator David Perdue quickly followed, tweeting, "President @realDonaldTrump is right ? I support this push for $2,000 in direct relief for the American people."

For the measure to pass the Senate and head to Mr. Trump's desk for his signature, 12 Republicans would need to join all of their Democratic colleagues. The $2,000 relief checks already have the backing of Senators Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Josh Hawley of Missouri and Marco Rubio of Florida, but could face opposition from the party's more fiscally conservative members.

The Joint Committee on Taxation estimated replacing the $600 direct payments approved in the latest coronavirus relief package with $2,000 checks would cost roughly $463.8 billion.

But Hawley said Tuesday "we've got the votes," and called for the Senate to take up the bill.

Amid the uncertainty of whether McConnell will bring the legislation to the floor, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer asked to pass the measure by unanimous consent. But McConnell objected, blocking the request.

"Even in our deeply divided times, this issue has united Americans from coast to coast and bridged the massive political divide here in Washington," Schumer said in a Senate floor speech. "A vast majority of the public, Republican and Democrat, strongly supports $2,000 checks. An overwhelming bipartisan majority in the House strongly supports $2,000 checks. Senate Democrats strongly support $2,000 checks. Even President Trump supports $2,000 checks. There is one question left today: Do Senate Republicans join with the rest of America in supporting $2,000 checks?

The push for increased relief payments to Americans was driven by an 11th hour-demand from Mr. Trump last week for Congress to raise the amount in a coronavirus relief package approved by lawmakers last week from $600 to $2,000.

The president suggested he would not sign the measure, which was combined with a $1.4 trillion government spending bill, calling it a "disgrace" and pushing the nation closer to a government shutdown.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi swiftly seized on Mr. Trump's demand, and on Christmas Eve, the House attempted to pass by unanimous consent a bill to provide $2,000 checks. But Republicans blocked the proposal.

Then, on Sunday, the president unexpectedly relented and signed the package. Still, he continued to push for the $2,000 relief checks and said the Senate would "start the process for a vote."

He tweeted Tuesday, "$2000 for our great people, not $600! They have suffered enough from the China Virus!!!"

First published on December 29, 2020 / 12:13 PM
 
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US hospitalizations from COVID-19 hit all-time high
BY ZACK BUDRYK - 12/29/20 08:16 AM EST

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/531913-us-hospitalizations-from-covid-19-hit-all-time-high

US hospitalizations from COVID-19 hit all-time high
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Coronavirus hospitalizations in the U.S. have hit an all-time high as of Monday, with more than 121,000 people hospitalized nationwide, according to the COVID Tracking Project.


This figure includes 22,592 intensive care patients, an increase from 16 percent capacity in September to 40 percent.
 
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McConnell blocking financial relief for Americans in a time of crisis is....,,throwing it back in to the Democrats face????


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Gary, check the NEWS, McConnell has a Senate Bill that has the 2000 in it.

I wonder if the Democrats will BLOCK the American People from getting their check.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduces competing bill for $2K stimulus checks. It would also repeal Section 230 and set up commission to study voter fraud.</p>— One America News (@OANN) <a href="https://twitter.com/OANN/status/1344054942932189184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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