UNEWS, Top stories for U.S. Latinos in English

President Trump caught on tape pressuring Georgia’s secretary of state to overturn the state’s elections results; a growing number of Republicans plan to object to certifying the electoral college results on Wednesday; growing frustration on the vaccine rollout as 350,000 Americans have already succumbed to the virus; and Puerto Rico swears in a new governor.

President Trump is threatening with vetoing Congress’ massive Covid-19 relief package in the midst of a raging pandemic while also issuing a wave of controversial pardons; health experts are warning of possible “catastrophic impacts” of a potential post-holiday covid surge; Pfizer announces it will supply the US with 100 Million additional doses of their covid-19 vaccine; and Biden formally announces Miguel Cardona as Education Secretary, the third Latino tapped to lead key agencies in the new administration.

Moderna vaccine begins distribution today as the nation sees its worst month of the pandemic yet, averaging more than 2,600 deaths a day; health experts like Dr. Fauci warn that a UK mutation of the virus, which could be 70% more contagious, is likely already in the U.S.; Congress passed a $900B stimulus deal now waiting President Trump’s signature, in this bill immigrants in mixed status families are eligible for stimulus checks; and hunger in America skyrocketing, since the start of the pandemic millions of people have turned to food banks in order to put food on the table.

Congressional leaders reached an agreement on a $900 Billion coronavirus relief bill, part of a spending measure that funds the government through September 2021; distribution of the second coronavirus vaccine began to more than 3,700 locations in all 50 states; European nations are banning travel from the UK after a new variant of covid-19 was detected in the country, but health experts warn mutations are expected and nothing suggests this is more deadly; Trump and his aides are floating the idea of using martial law to overturn the elections.

A second covid-19 vaccine may soon get FDA authorization as the nation experiences the 11th day of record hospitalizations, cases and deaths; VP Pence and Surgeon General Jerome Adams got vaccinated on live tv to promote vaccine efforts; Congressional leaders struggle to pass a covid relief package amidst a looming government shutdown; the Supreme Court shuts down efforts by the Trump Administration to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census.

Covid-19 vaccinations continue across the US and now the country is on track to add a second vaccine to its arsenal with independent federal advisers reviewing data on the Moderna vaccine; hospitalizations set a record for the 10th day in a row, straining health-care systems across America; Congressional negotiators are closing in on a $900 Billion covid-19 relief package; and El Salvador signs agreement to accept asylum seekers sent from the US border, incoming President Joe Biden now has to decide whether to keep the program.

Hundreds of hospitals around the country began dispensing covid-19 shots to their workers, while Moderna’s vaccine is on the cusp of government authorization; the US reported more than 3,000 deaths in a single day, one of the highest since the start of the pandemic; Congressional negotiators are reportedly nearing a deal on a long-awaited covid relief bill; a new report by the International Criminal Court found there is “reasonable basis” to believe Venezuela has committed crimes against humanity.

Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell finally acknowledged President-elect Joe Biden’s win six weeks after Election Day; Electoral College ratifies Biden’s win, the presidential electors giving Biden a solid majority of 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232; 50 million doses are expected to be administered by the end of January as the largest vaccination effort gets underway.

People across the country are receiving the first doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine today , in the largest vaccination effort in US history; presidential electors are meeting across the country to formally choose Joe Biden as the nation’s next president, the process getting more attention than usual this year because of President Trump refusal to concede; and authorities in Guatemala are setting up roadblocks to block a migrant caravan fleeing Honduras.

The FDA is considering an emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s vaccine as the U.S. breaks records with over 3,000 deaths in a single day; governors and mayors tighten restrictions as cases and hospitalizations rise across the board; President Trump joins 17 Republican governors in their latest efforts to overturn the election results; and an autopsy into the murder of Fort Bragg soldier Enrique Roman-Martinez found that he was decapitated, but seven months after his disappearance, a motive or further details are still unknown.