A week after Election Day, this evening the Associated Press declared that the House majority will indeed remain in Democratic hands. At this point 16 House races have yet to be called, while the races that have been called so far have gone 218-201 for the Democrats.

Also, today Cunningham conceded to Senator Tillis in the North Carolina race, giving the Republicans their 49th Senate seat. Alaska would make 50, and then there are the two Georgia runoffs to occur on January 5th.

Nationwide COVID-19 hospitalizations hit a new high today, surpassing the 60,000 level for the first time and topping the previous peak from April 15th.

Today was also the day when the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on California v. Texas, the third major case to reach SCOTUS regarding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. The general consensus from oral arguments, consistent with my expectations going in, appears to be that there are not five votes to declare the entire ACA unconstitutional.