
NPR News Now reports: Senate blocks larger Stimulus Bill, California confirms new Coronavirus variant, Tokyo reports record Covid cases and other top news.

NPR News Now reports: Senate blocks larger Stimulus Bill, California confirms new Coronavirus variant, Tokyo reports record Covid cases and other top news.

Mitch McConnell blocks vote on bigger stimulus checks, pandemic budget crunches sink Democrats’ hopes for expanding health insurance, and the onesie snowsuit makes a comeback.

After months of deadlock, a covid-19 relief package has passed, but the battles continue. We ask how things got so dire and what President-elect Joe Biden will inherit.
A deadly shootout in London more than a century ago still resonates today; we examine one of the world’s first breaking-news stories. And the colour black reaches new depths in art.
Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Errin Haines of the 19th join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including President Trump’s unpredictable approach to passing the coronavirus relief bill, his continued refusal to accept the results of the Presidential election and how his behavior could influence the Georgia runoffs.

Trump signs relief and government funding bill into law, Nashville bombing suspect Anthony Quinn Warner died in explosion, and what to do with your old Christmas tree.

A selection of three articles read aloud from the holiday issue of The Economist. This week: a history of Christmas newsletters, the life of Desiderius Erasmus (18:20) and the lure of pebbles (37:45).

Emma Nelson and guests cover the weekend’s biggest discussion topics from London and Zurich.

Stephen Hahn, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner, Sigal Atzmon, founder and chief executive officer of Medix Global, and Roche CEO Severin Schwan, on the pandemic, Covid-19 vaccines and the new mutation.

Georgina Godwin and guests set the tone for the weekend. Top news and a look back at 2020 and forward at 2021.

NPR News Now reports: Great Britain and EU reach provisional deal, Georgia Covid-19 cases surge, Stimulus Bill changes, and other top news.