Evening Rundown: Trump vs. the truth

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Jan. 1, 2021 Trump versus the truth: The most outrageous falsehoods of his presidency By Jane C. Timm President Donald Trump spent his first days in office pushing false claims about the size of his inauguration crowd. He has spent the final weeks of his term blitzing the American people with falsehoods as part of a failed attempt to overturn the election he lost — cementing his legacy as the most mendacious White House occupant ever, historians and fact checkers, say. Read more December was the deadliest, most infectious month of the pandemic By Nicole Acevedo | Read more New laws in 2021: Ban on some sunscreens, more secure IDs, cash in a college account By Pete Williams | Read more OPINION It's OK to be pessimistic about 2021. But here's how to let a little hope in. By F. Diane Barth | Read more From Ebola to Alzheimer's disease: Here are scientific feats overshadowed by Covid in 2020 By Erika Edwards | Read more How a group of widows who lost partners to Covid are coping with their grief, together By Ethan Sacks | Read more Bodycam footage shows Andre Hill received no aid for several minutes By Kalhan Rosenblatt | Read more Drones, bots and virtual stores: How your pandemic shopping boosted new trends in retail By Leticia Miranda | Read more Inside the fight to include HIV-positive people in Covid-19 vaccine trials By Steven Blum | Read more Food banks sound alarm on child hunger as Covid crisis drags on By Cynthia McFadden and Kenzi Abou-Sabe | Read more Get the NBC News Mobile App Follow NBC News This email was sent by: NBC News 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112   This is an automated email. Do not reply directly to this email. Privacy | Unsubscribe | More NBC Newsletters | Contact View in browser