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Whatever Congress does on stimulus, millions of workers are already screwed

Even if there’s another stimulus bill, unemployed workers are likely to see a lapse in benefits.

Trump has finalized a controversial agreement to deport asylum seekers to El Salvador

With just weeks before Inauguration Day, Biden will have to decide whether to exit the agreement.

How bad is your state’s Covid-19 outbreak?

These maps show how your state is doing.

How scarce will coronavirus vaccines be in the US?

It depends on where you live.

Google got hit with another huge antitrust case, this time over its ad monopoly

Google has ruled the online ad marketplace for years. Now it faces 10 state attorneys general over its dominance.

Twitter joins Facebook and YouTube in banning Covid-19 vaccine misinformation

The move comes as false rumors about Covid-19 vaccines are surging online.

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Pornhub just deleted 80% of its videos

One of the most popular porn sites on the internet just purged more than 10 million videos. Vice’s Samantha Cole explains why.

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Dutch prosecutors say Trump’s Twitter account was hacked by guessing his password: maga2020!

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It’s office holiday party season, but Covid-19 is making us ask what they’re even for

A wild mink in Utah has Covid-19. Veterinarians fear this is just the beginning.

Poll: A majority of voters want Joe Biden to advance policies that promote gender equity

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Mark Zuckerberg gave $75 million to a San Francisco hospital. The city has condemned him anyway.

Your biggest Covid-19 vaccine questions, answered

Facebook is lifting its political ad ban — in Georgia only

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A new bill would make all police misconduct allegations and settlements public

The many strange long-term symptoms of Covid-19, explained

MacKenzie Scott, the Amazon billionaire, is giving away $1 billion a month to charity

Trump’s rigged election rhetoric puts Georgia Republicans in a bind

Fauci: 85 percent of the US needs to get the Covid-19 vaccine for “true herd immunity”

Senate Republicans are finally acknowledging that Joe Biden won the election

Inside the implosion of the $35 million startup meant to fix the Democratic Party

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Dylan Matthews joins Matt and Dara to discuss Covid’s impact on poverty and the road to recovery

A new $748 billion bill could be Congress’s best hope for more stimulus this year

Wonder Woman 1984 is a better rom-com than superhero movie

How hackers, probably Russian, infiltrated the federal government

Even Putin has now acknowledged that Biden won the election

Anxiety and depression are following a remarkably similar curve to Covid-19 cases

The 15 best books our book critic read this year

How Trump intensified the GOP’s war on reality

This week in TikTok: When Walmart and Amazon employees go viral

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How America’s middle class got hollowed out

High costs, stagnant wages, and so much debt.

Why Trump’s attempt to steal the election was too much even for Republican judges

2020 in 20 charts

Biden’s post-Electoral College speech was a stinging rebuke of Trump

Alternate electors: The latest far-fetched Trump plan to overturn the election, explained

Attorney General Bill Barr contradicted Trump on voter fraud. Now he’s resigning.

Why Trump just sanctioned NATO ally Turkey

Despite “credible threat of violence,” Michigan’s Electoral College vote went smoothly

The sexual harassment allegation against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, explained

RSVP now: Dr. Fauci joins Today, Explained for a live conversation

Trump keeps coming up with new reasons to veto Congress’s huge annual defense bill

Tech billionaire Larry Ellison has moved to Hawaii