(CNN) There is hope -- and compromise -- on the horizon for a coronavirus relief package. With the pandemic tightening its grip and a bleak winter on the horizon, the progress has happened not a moment too soon. Largely silent on the pandemic, President Donald Trump continues to falsely undermine the results of November's election. Those claims have also helped him raise more than $200 million since Election Day for his newly created leadership PAC. Trump has also discussed preemptive pardons for his children and close advisers in an effort to insulate them from legal pursuits by the Biden Justice Department.

Source: The Nation December 05, 2020 00:01 UTC