The Department of Justice (DOJ) is condemning the Mexican government for its decision not to press drug-related charges and subsequently close the country’s investigation into former Defense Minister Salvador Cienfuegos.

The release undoes the log lockdown enacted by the Trump administration, a move to privacy that sparked a 2017 lawsuit and a later, separate agreement to allow monthly publication of logs from certain offices but not Trump himself.

The notes also suggested replacing CIA Director Gina Haspel with Trump loyalist Kash Patel.

Cases in the U.S. slowed on Friday, and new infections in New York state fell from a record. The U.K. reported fatalities above 1,200 for the fifth consecutive day.

Biden has said that his goal is for 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to be administered within the first 100 days of his presidency.

Amanda Gorman was about halfway through writing the poem that she'll deliver at President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration next week when she watched in horror the deadly siege on the US Capitol.