President Biden Joins the White House COVID-19 Response Team’s Regular Call with the National Governors Association to Discuss his Administration’s Response to the Omicron Variant and to Hear from the Governors on the Needs in Their States.
Economy
New jobless claims lowest since March; still exceeded over one million
The government reported on Thursday that nearly 1.2 million workers filed new claims for state unemployment benefits last week. It was the lowest weekly total since March, but signaled the continuing damage that the pandemic is inflicting MORE
Politics
Secretary of Senate Will Not Disclose Tara Reade Information
The Secretary of the Senate has informed former Vice President Joe Biden that it has “no discretion to disclose” the existence of former aide Tara Reade’s complaint of sexual harassment against the then-senator in 1993. Biden on MORE
Coronavirus
More Winning: The US suffers its worst and deadliest week so far; more than 18,400 lives lost to COVID-19
Spoiler Alert: It didn’t all just magically disappear. In fact, the number of cases and deaths from COVID-19 have skyrocketed with more than 18,400 people dying from COVID-19 in the week ending January 3rd, 2021. MORE