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The escalating coronavirus pandemic could reverse decades of gains in the fight against poverty, as U.S. government aid for the vulnerable dries up. In the early months of the crisis, the federal Cares Act, which gave an extra $600 a week in unemployment assistance and $1,200 stimulus checks, helped prevent poverty from dramatically deepening. But that lifeline for low-income earners is being cut.
Unemployment benefits are set to expire for millions of workers in late December and talks over a new stimulus package have stalled — just as some states reimpose job-hammering lockdowns to halt a surge in cases.
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Saturday rejected a last-ditch bid from Republicans including Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) to halt the 2020 certification of election results in the Keystone State.
The court’s decision has delivered the latest blow for Republicans, President Trump and his campaign in a battleground state that President-elect Joe Biden won by over 1 percentage point.
In an order released on Saturday night, the state supreme court vacated a preliminary order by the Commonwealth Court and dismissed the case.
“Upon consideration of the parties’ filings in Commonwealth Court, we hereby
dismiss the petition for review with prejudice based upon Petitioners’ failure to file their

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The Israel Defense Forces have in recent weeks been instructed to prepare for the possibility that the U.S. will conduct a military strike against Iran before President Trump leaves office.

Why it matters: The Israeli government instructed the IDF to undertake the preparations not because of any intelligence or assessment that Trump will order such a strike, but because senior Israeli officials anticipate “a very sensitive period” ahead of Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20.

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