Covid deaths at highest level since April as Biden pledges to 'fight like hell' for US investment – live ed.3
President-elect says economic relief is his top priorityCDC reduces quarantine period for asymptomatic exposuresBarr: no evidence of fraud that would change election outcomeUS braces for Covid surge in aftermath of ThanksgivingSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email 7.32pm GMT Mark Kelly, a former US Navy captain and astronaut, was just sworn into his seat as a US Senator for Arizona after ousting Republican Martha McSally from her seat with a margin of just over 2%. Kelly was sworn in by Mike Pence, with his fellow Democratic senator from Arizona Kyrsten Sinema holding the Bible he took his oath on. VP Mike Pence administered the oath of office to Sen. Mark Kelly, who put his hand on a bible held of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema pic.twitter.com/ok1nkdiqYq 7.03pm GMT Is the president going to skip Biden's inauguration?All common sense guesstimates point to yes, in what would be a phenomenal and astonishing snub, obviously, but clearly one which wouldn't be surprising as a mark of the character of the current lame duck."Is the president seriously considering skipping the inauguration?â€pic.twitter.com/cfScQM1nWu
