For nearly the entire pandemic, political polarization and a rejection of science have stymied the United States’ ability to control the coronavirus. nyti.ms/3bPoUPA
President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming chief of staff, Ron Klain, issued a grim prediction about the coronavirus: half a million Americans dead by the end of February. nyti.ms/35QqYTp
The National Security Agency is moving forward with hiring a Trump administration loyalist, the agency said on Sunday, after the acting defense secretary ordered he be made the spy agency’s top lawyer. nyti.ms/39DnpBj
Loyalists to President Trump are spreading misinformation about the Capitol riot, drawing false equivalence with last summer’s racial protests and accusing Black Lives Matter and Antifa of infiltrating the protest. nyti.ms/38RuDm3
In the final days before President Trump leaves office, some of his allies are collecting fees from wealthy felons to push the White House for pardons, according to documents and interviews with more than three dozen lobbyists and lawyers. nyti.ms/2KlOvUM
Thousands of migrants from Honduras have entered Guatemala and plan to continue to the United States, potentially posing an early test of the immigration policies of President-elect Joe Biden. nyti.ms/35LBone
The Presidential Inaugural Committee is urging people to stay home to keep large crowds from potentially spreading the coronavirus, and there’s heightened security after a violent attack on the Capitol.
But there are still ways to participate. nyti.ms/3qrRxGn
Loews Hotels said on Saturday that it would not host a fund-raiser with Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, the latest indication that many companies are distancing themselves from Republicans who voted to overturn the election results. nyti.ms/3sAvsrk