US sets records for Covid deaths and hospitalizations as it nears 14m cases – live updates ed.2
More than 3,000 deaths recorded on Wednesday, data showsFauci suggests UK has not scrutinized vaccine data ‘carefully'Biden team to meet with Latino lawmakers over cabinet picksIvanka Trump was quizzed as part of inauguration fund lawsuitSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email 4.09pm GMT According to SurveyUSA, the Democratic challengers for Georgia's senate run-offs currently lead their respective Republican incumbents: 3.51pm GMT Twitter users and journalists have dug more into the background of Melissa Carone, the IT worker who claimed as a former Dominion Voting Systems employee, she witnessed massive voter fraud in a Michigan.Already deemed “not credible†by a Wayne County judge, Donald Trump's star witness in his push to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election went on to accost Michigan officials in an election hearing Wednesday, insisting “I know what I sawâ€.Still not convinced this isn't a SNL character. (A judge previously declared this Trump supporter /freelance contract IT worker's testimony “simply not credible.â€) pic.twitter.com/ptsN665A0TMelissa Carone did not have to get rid of her social media https://t.co/wwjNMjHbcs pic.twitter.com/J7gGXLHy13