☀ December 21: COVID-19 stimulus, Biden to get vaccine and the ‘Christmas Star’

Aleksandra Bush

Updated: Dec 21, 2020 / 07:13 AM CST

Good morning! It’s Monday, December 21, 2020. Here’s a look at your news across the nation:

1️⃣💵 Congressional leaders agree on $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus bill

2️⃣💉 Biden to receive COVID vaccine on Monday

President-elect Joe Biden announces his climate and energy nominees and appointees at The Queen Theater in Wilmington Del., Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

3️⃣ 🧫 Frontline essential workers should be next in line for US COVID-19 vaccines, CDC advisers say

4️⃣✈ UK holds crisis talks as other nations cut off country over virus fears

📱 [Trending] this morning

The ‘Christmas Star’ will form tonight. Here’s how to watch

Dec. 21st is the shortest day of 2020, and that’s good news if you’re planning to scan the night sky for a celestial event that hasn’t been seen to this degree since Genghis Khan was alive.

Jupiter (left) and Saturn will appear to form a single star in the night sky on the 2020 winter equinox. (Credit: NASA/GSFC)

📅 What we’re watching

🔴 President-elect Joe Biden is scheduled to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. President Donald Trump does not have any public events scheduled, so far.

🔴 The Justice Department plans to unseal new charges in connection with the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet at 10:30 a.m. EST.

💻📲 We’ll bring you 🔴 LIVE news updates throughout the day on the NewsNation Now app and NewsNationNow.com.

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