Biden on the economy: We’re in a national emergency; House will deliver Trump impeachment article to Senate on Monday; Fauci: U.S. “can & should” vaccinate up to 85% of adults by fall; Health experts advocate for more N95 masks in public over cloth & surgical coverings; First lady Jill Biden thanks Natl Guard troops on duty in DC;

Biden signs two more executive orders aimed at economic relief; Senate confirms Lloyd Austin to be first black Defense Secretary; Biden doesn’t object to McConnell’s request to delay Trump impeachment trial to February; Source: Mora than a dozen GOP leaders, including former Trump officials, pushing for Trump impeachment conviction; Senate leaders haggling over power-sharing deal to govern 50-50 split; CNN: Prospects of convicting Trump erode as GOP opposition to Sen. Impeachment proceedings grows; Sources: More than a dozen GOP leaders, including former Trump officials, pushing for Trump impeachment conviction; Group of Dem Senators file ethics complaint against Hawley, Cruz; CDC: Second doses of vaccine can be scheduled up to six weeks after first dose; CDC: Don’t get flu and Covid shots at the same time; More than one million vaccines administered in U.S. Thursday; Staff in new Biden White House required to wear masks; Biden: Masks have become unfortunate partisan issue, “but it’s a patriotic act”; Pentagon: 7,000 national guardsmen to remain in DC, more troops than in Afghanistan & Iraq combined; National Guard troops to get Covid test before returning home; Hank Aaron, home run king who passed the babe dies at 86;

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