President-elect Joe Biden is overhauling the faltering U.S. vaccination initiative he’s about to inherit, appointing new leaders of the effort and retiring its unpopular name days ahead of his inauguration.

"You have my word that we will manage the hell out of this operation,” said Biden, who will be inaugurated as the nation’s 46th president on Wednesday.

The public is torn over the decision by a wave of companies to halt their monetary donations to lawmakers who last week objected to certifying the Electoral College results, according to a new Ipsos poll.

The potential pardon would follow a wave of reprieves the president has recently granted to political allies who have been convicted, charged or reportedly under federal investigation.

Hopes of a surge in Covid-19 vaccine shipments under a new policy to release second doses held in reserve appear to be evaporating -- with the revelation that those doses have already been distributed, contrary to recent indications by the Trump administration....

Trump had already announced he would skip Biden’s inauguration, breaking with more than a century of tradition.