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The U.S. once again crossed a somber COVID threshold much faster than any country in the world.
Less than a year after the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic, the U.S. recorded its 500,000th death Monday, according to the Johns Hopkins University dashboard. That’s more than twice the COVID-19 fatalities registered in Brazil, which ranks second on the list.
President Joe Biden commemorated the half-a-million lives lost at a Monday evening ceremony in the White House, drawing on his own experience with heartbreak to personalize the unfathomable tragedy while exhorting Americans to wear masks and take other steps to prevent spread of the virus. He pointed out the death toll from the pandemic is higher than the number of U.S. service members killed in battle during World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War combined.
Lawmakers look to head-off gridlock over Biden s COVID stimulus plan
Moderate lawmakers, many of whom played a pivotal role in brokering a bipartisan compromise during the last round of coronavirus relief negotiations, are expected to meet Sunday as President Joe Biden s administration attempts to pass an ambitious legislative agenda. Biden has proposed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan and several other significant proposals on immigration and infrastructure spending that will require congressional approval. But in a Senate split 50-50 between both parties, Democrats will need Republican votes in order to pass any major proposals at least ten Republican votes are needed to break a filibuster and advance any legislation, assuming all Democrats vote for the legislation. The group invited to a call with National Economic Council Director Brian Deese includes Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., Angus King, I-Maine, Susan Collins, R-Maine, Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and Reps. J
Seattle to join nationwide COVID-19 memorial today, honor victims by Callie Craighead, SeattlePI
Seattle will join a nationwide memorial remembering victims of the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday as part of a national moment of unity and remembrance ahead of President-elect Joe Biden s inauguration on Wednesday. Memorializing American lives lost to COVID, cities are asked to illustrate our remembrance through the ringing of bells and illumination of buildings, organizers wrote.
In Seattle, the ceremony will include ringing the Friendship Bell at the Kobe Bell Courtyard in Seattle Center at 2:30 p.m. Viewers can watch live from home through a broadcast on Seattle Center s Facebook page.