Here’s the third and final part of The Tribune’s look back at 2020. Oh, and Happy New Year to all of you. September: Fall arrives, wild fires, fiery debate The number of […]
A grim year finally winds up
Mitch blocks vote on $2k check
The effort by the unlikely alliance of President Donald Trump and Congressional Democrats for a $2000 COVID-19 relief check hit a wall on Tuesday when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) refused […]
Showdown over $2k relief check
The U.S. House of Representatives approved an increase for COVID-19 relief checks from $600 to $2000 per person on Monday, setting up a unique contest. Democrats – who have the majority in […]
Biden won, GOP leaders agree
Republican leaders who resisted the idea that Joe Biden had actually won the presidential election are starting to acknowledge the former vice president’s new status as president-elect. According to the Associated Press, […]
It’s official: Biden, Harris elected
Joe Biden officially was elected 46th President of the United States as the Electoral College tallied its votes on Monday. As expected, the 78-year-old former vice president received 306 votes to incumbent […]
Court snubs election challenge
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday turned thumbs down on a lawsuit seeking to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the Nov. 3 election. It was perhaps the last of many rejections […]
Facebook sued for monopoly
Facebook, the world’s biggest and most powerful social media operation, is being sued by the federal government and 40 states alleging an illegal monopoly. The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced that […]
First COVID vaccination done
In what’s being called “the shot watched around the world,” a 90-year-old retired shop clerk from Northern Ireland was vaccinated from the coronavirus with a treatment jointly developed by Pfizer of the […]
More Cabinet posts to be filled
President-elect Joe Biden is filling up more spots in his proposed Cabinet. On Monday the Associated Press is predicting he would nominate Gen. Lloyd Austin as secretary of defense, which would make […]
Corona cases and deaths surging
Historic levels of deaths and hospitalizations from surging numbers of coronavirus cases have been reached. The Johns Hopkins University reported that – as of Thursday – there were 65,220,566 cases of COVID-19 […]
