February 10, 2021 7:01 AM By Zachary Sherwood
House Democrats used searing video footage from last monthâs deadly rampage at the U.S. Capitol to begin Donald Trumpâs second impeachment trial on a dramatic note, yet the prosecution remains far from winning enough GOP votes to convict the former president.
The proceedings enter a second full day today, when Democratic impeachment managers will present their opening arguments for convicting Trump for his role in encouraging a mob of loyalists to disrupt the election tally by both chambers of Congress. A conviction would require 17 Republican GOP votes a tall order for the nine prosecutors.
February 2, 2021 6:13 AM By Brandon Lee
More Americans have taken at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine than have tested positive for the coronavirus, an early but still hopeful milestone in the race to end the pandemic.
As of yesterday evening, 26.5 million Americans had received one or both doses of the current vaccines, data gathered by the Bloomberg Vaccine Tracker show. Since the first patient tested positive in the U.S. nearby Seattle a year ago, 26.2 million people in the country have tested positive for the disease, which has killed nearly 450,000 people, Johns Hopkins University data showed.
The U.S. has been administering vaccines at a faster daily rate than any country in the world, giving about 1.35 million doses per day, according to data gathered by Bloomberg News. While the rollout stumbled in its early days, in the six weeks since the first shots went into arms almost 7.8% of Americans have gotten one or more doses, and 1.8% are fully vaccinated.