Trump Weighed Naming Election Conspiracy Theorist as Special Counsel
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| By Mark Landler and Stephen Castle The variant is up to 70 percent more transmissible than earlier versions, officials said. People in southeast England, including London, were told to stay at home. | | | By Maggie Haberman and Zolan Kanno-Youngs In a meeting at the White House on Friday, President Trump weighed appointing Sidney Powell, who promoted conspiracy theories about rigged voting machines, to investigate voter fraud. | | | By David E. Sanger and Nicole Perlroth Hours after the secretary of state said that Moscow was behind the vast cybersecurity breach, the president suggested it might have been China and downplayed the severity of the attack. | | |
| Science | Trilobites By Annie Roth Much remains to be learned about the cartilaginous, little understood fishes that inhabit the deep-sea. | | | Opinion By BJ Miller How the pandemic is changing our understanding of mortality. | | |
| By Reuters Gen. Gustave F. Perna, chief operating officer for Operation Warp Speed, apologized after a number of states last week received fewer initial doses of the coronavirus vaccine than planned. | | | By Storyful Healthcare workers at Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto, Calif., protested a Covid-19 vaccine prioritization plan that left out the majority of the hospital's medical residents and fellows. | | | By Reuters President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. announced members of his climate change team Saturday, and said his administration would focus on rebuilding the economy through efforts to reduce emissions. | | |
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