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The Trump administration, if not the Trump book, is nearly behind us. From Bob Woodward to Barack Obama, what were the best reads of another tumultuous American year?

Moderna's vaccine is safe and 94% effective, regulators say, clearing the way for US emergency authorisation.

Critical care nurse Sandra Lindsay in New York became one of the first Americans to receive the coronavirus vaccine this morning.

On global issues from climate change, to non-proliferation and human rights, the US under the Trump administration had literally gathered up its papers and pens and left the meeting room. Biden’s election victory and choice of committed internationalists to lead the foreign policy team, means that there will actually be someone sitting in what has been an empty chair.

Michigan election officials on Monday certified Joe Biden’s 154,000-vote victory in the state amid president Donald Trump’s brazen attempts to subvert the results of the election.

Seven hundred pages into the book, I had mixed feelings or perhaps I was a bit too generous with my hope. Obama may no longer be as hampered by politics, but he is certainly haunted by legacy.

The first effective coronavirus vaccine can prevent more than 90% of people from getting Covid-19, a preliminary analysis shows.