The Latest: Biden says Fauci will be chief medical adviser
President-elect Joe Biden says he is keeping Dr. Anthony Fauci on as a chief medical adviser and a member of his COVID-19 advisory team.
Author: Associated Press
AP: Pelosi, McConnell discuss COVID relief as pressure builds
Capitol Hill’s top leaders have spoken about COVID-19 relief for the first time in a month.
AP: Barr: No evidence of fraud that’d change election outcome
Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday that the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud and has seen nothing that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
Sarah Fuller currently only kicker on Vanderbilt’s roster
The Vanderbilt Commodores have only one kicker listed on their two-deep chart for this weekend’s game at No. 11 Georgia, and it’s Sarah Fuller, the first woman to play in a Power Five game.
AP: South Carolina capital city mayor to head US diplomacy group
The mayor of South Carolina’s capital city is taking on a leadership role at an international organization.
AP: SC officials say they can’t obtain drugs by Friday execution
South Carolina prison officials say they have to delay an execution scheduled for Friday because they won’t be able to obtain the lethal injection drugs needed.
AP: Arizona officials have certified Joe Biden’s narrow victory over President Donald Trump in the state
Arizona officials have certified Joe Biden’s narrow victory over President Donald Trump in the state.
AP: SC House to meet this week to organize, not pass bills
All 124 members of the South Carolina House are returning to Columbia this week, but the goal is to organize, not to pass laws. The House plans to meet Tuesday and Wednesday to get ready for the 124th session of the General Assembly scheduled to start Jan. 12.
Congress returns with virus aid, federal funding unresolved
After months of shadowboxing amid a tense and toxic campaign, Capitol Hill’s main players are returning for one final, perhaps futile…
President-elect Joe Biden fractures right foot
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – President-elect Joe Biden has fractured his right foot and will likely wear a walking boot for several weeks. Biden’s office says the president-elect suffered the injury Saturday while playing with one of his dogs and visited an orthopedist in Newark, Delaware, on Sunday afternoon. His doctor, Kevin O’Connor, says a scan found tiny fractures of two…
