The Senate vote to advance the very controversial nomination of Judy Shelton to the Federal Reserve Board failed 47-50 as several Republicans voted against her.Several Pentagon officials may break with the Trump regime and meet with Biden-Harris transition team members as soon as next week.Senate GOP majority leader Mitch McConnell says he is open to a much smaller $500 billion COVID-19 relief package that targets small businesses, but no stimulus checks for Americans.UK and EU Brexit negotiators say they are getting close to a completed deal that could be reached as early as next week.Joint Spanish and French commercial spaceflight company Arianespace lost two satellites on Monday after a stage 2 launch failure caused the payloads not to deploy properly.