Commuters walk along the Thames Path in view of Tower Bridge in London, U.K., on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020.As the U.K. government holds a crisis meeting Monday to talk about the fallout from international travel bans,it appears the existing vaccines will be effective in fighting off infection from new strains of the coronavirus. "There is a strong belief here that the vaccine, as it exists today ...
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Congress is facing down a midnight deadline to pass a pandemic relief measure as part of a massive government spending bill or rush through another stopgap to keep the government funded through at least the weekend while talks continue. Photographer: Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesMonday on a combined $900 billion compromise Covid-19 relief package and a $1.4 trillion plan to fund the government through September.