The Washington Post has obtained a recording of President Trump pressuring Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to overturn the presidential election results in the state. And it reports on 12 Republican senators planning to object to confirming the results of the presidential election. The New Yorker lays out what Democrats would have to do to flip the two Senate seats in the Georgia runoff elections. The Wall Street Journal has stories of vaccine distribution issues in states around the country. And New York Magazine says the slow vaccine rollout is emblematic of the many problems the United States has experienced during the pandemic. According to reporting from the Washington Post, flight attendants trying to enforce mask-wearing rules during the pandemic have been cursed at, called names, berated, and taunted by passengers. And the L.A. Times reveals that passengers and airline workers with COVID-19 symptoms aren’t always kept off of flights. For Grub Street, Rachel Handler investigates the bucatini pasta shortage of 2020.

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