US Covid response in chaos as controversial Trump pandemic adviser Atlas resigns – live updates
Country sees 28th consecutive day with over 100,000 new coronavirus cases recordedScott Atlas resigns as pandemic adviser after controversial tenureCongress races to avoid government shutdown amid pandemicWisconsin and Arizona certify Joe Biden election victoriesSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email 10.39am GMT One of the things that appears to have been hampering the US response to the coronavirus has been pushback by lawmakers against measures being introduced to try and control it – sometimes against people in the same party.That is the case in Ohio, where several Republican state representatives have officially filed articles of impeachment against Republican Governor Mike DeWine.In a statement shared with local news outlets, Becker's office blasted DeWine, alleging “mismanagement, malfeasance, misfeasance, abuse of power, and other crimes include, but are not limited to, meddling in the conduct of a presidential primary election, arbitrarily closing and placing curfews on certain businesses, while allowing other businesses to remain open.â€The group of state Republican lawmakers argues that DeWine violated Ohioans' civil liberties by issuing a stay-at-home order and requiring them to wear masks. They have argued that the face covering rule “promotes fear, turns neighbors against neighbors, and contracts the economy by making people fearful to leave their homes.†10.25am GMT The Senate run-off races in Georgia in January will either
