President Trump blocked government officials from cooperating with President-elect Joe Biden’s team while Attorney General Bill Barr authorized the Justice Department to probe unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud.
There would be enormous consequences were the court to throw out the ACA, which has survived twice in the high court. But the court’s makeup is very different now than on those past occasions.
As coronavirus cases again surge in the United States, Joe Biden has announced his own response taskforce. And Pfizer announced promising news about its vaccine, which testing shows is highly effective at preventing the virus.This episode: correspondent Scott Detrow, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and science correspondent Joe Palca.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Listen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
With cases rising, Pritzker announced new limits for restaurant outdoor seating and gatherings to 10 people in DuPage, Kane, Will and Kankakee counties.
Record turnout, a president who won’t accept the outcome and likely divided government. Beating President Trump may turn out to be easier than governing for President-elect Biden.