With 58 days until the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, new COVID-19 cases that continue to spike across the US and the final economic protections drying up in a little over a month, the pressure to restart negotiations on the next stimulus bill continues to mount. Biden, along with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, have called on Congress to pass a sweeping economic rescue package before the end of the year to assist those struggling through the economic downturn.

A Jan. 5 federal appeals decision is getting some attention because of concurrences suggesting that the U.S. Supreme Court should revisit its abortion decisions.