Florida is the latest state to report a case of the more contagious variant of COVID-19. California and Colorado have also reported cases. Manuel Bojorquez reports. Source

“Without their return: no deal with Iran,” Xiyue Wang said. Source

Here’s a look at the top stories making headlines on the “CBS Evening News with Margaret Brennan.” Source

A lower court judge had earlier vacated an order from the Bureau of Prisons scheduling her death for January 12. Source

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine discusses the importance of attorney generals in the United States, the history of hate in the nation and steps the Biden administration can take to tackle justice reform on this week’s episode of “The Takeout with Major Garrett.” Source

Prosecutors want to put off the trial until June. Source

President Trump cut his vacation short and returned to Washington on Thursday, amid a battle in the Senate over bigger stimulus checks. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rejected a push for the Senate to take up a bill to increase payments from $600 to $2,000. CBS News White House Correspondent Weijia Jiang joined CBSN’s Jamie Yuccas to discuss that and more. Source

Senator Josh Hawley has said he will challenge the results of the presidential election when Congress meets to count electoral votes. Source

In 2020, people protested around the world against racial injustice. Peniel Joseph, the founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, joined CBSN to discuss the issue and policies affecting it. Source

Florida officials have reported a case of the new coronavirus variant as COVID-19 cases continue to surge around the country. Dr. Bob Lahita, chairman of medicine at St. Joseph University Hospital and a professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and New York Medical College, joins CBSN to discuss the spread of the mutation. Source