With the nation on edge but a vaccine in sight, the complicated logistics of vaccinating hundreds of millions of Americans raise the stakes.
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Trump keeps venting about election as agencies aid Biden transition
The president says he’s not giving up his fight to overturn the election results, even as agencies across the federal government begin to support President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration.
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As Biden names Cabinet picks, McConnell’s silence hangs over transition
The two men, Senate colleagues for 24 years and sparring partners in several high-stakes negotiations during Biden’s time as vice president, still have not spoken since the election.
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Biden-Harris ticket surpasses 80 million votes
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris had 80,033,996 votes as of late Tuesday evening.
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Biden signals stark shift with new national security team
Biden’s Washington veterans all have ties to former President Barack Obama’s administration.
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Nevada Supreme Court makes Biden’s win over Trump official
The Nevada Supreme Court has made Joe Biden’s win in the state official, approving the final canvass of the Nov. 3 election
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Our View: Republicans need to accept election reality
Joe Biden won. Donald Trump lost. The election is over, and it’s time to let the transition to a new administration move forward.
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Maine Voices: We may need Susan Collins more than ever
We do not seem to be finding our way back from the extremes on our own. Now is the time for her to prove there’s more to being a moderate than walking an electoral tightrope.
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Trump relents, authorizing federal government to begin Biden transition
The president’s acceptance of the General Services Administration starting the transition amounted to a dramatic capitulation setting in motion a peaceful transfer of power.
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Michigan board certifies Biden win, dealing Trump another blow
Both the president and top Republican officials sought to discredit the vote process in Michigan’s Wayne County, home of Detroit, making sweeping and unsubstantiated claims about widespread fraud and citing errors in the vote tallies.