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President-elect Joe Biden pauses as he speaks during a virtual meeting with the United States Conference of Mayors at The Queen theater Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Elections
National
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President-elect Biden to begin formal transition process after agency OK

President-elect Joe Biden can finally begin his transition to power.

5 years ago

Avril Haines pictured in January 2020. If appointed, Haines will become the first woman to become the director of national intelligence. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Government Accountability
Military

Avril Haines nominated as first female director of national intelligence

Haines, 51, worked with Biden under President Barack Obama and led the Biden transition's national security and foreign policy team.

5 years ago

John Hansberry operates an extractor at Philadelphia's ballot counting center
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Philly region certifies election results as Trump legal challenges continue to falter

Most Pa. counties are expected to meet the Nov. 23 deadline for certification, but a few are running behind. State expects to officially announce Biden victory this week.

5 years ago

Janet Yellen
Economy
Government Accountability

Biden taps ex-Fed chair Yellen to lead treasury

Yellen, who is widely admired in the financial world, would be the first woman to lead the Treasury Department in a line stretching back to Alexander Hamilton in 1789.

5 years ago

Democrat Sarah McBride is the first transgender person to be elected to Delaware's General Assembly. (Courtesy of Friends of Sarah McBride)
The Why
Delaware
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Delaware’s new class of LGBTQ representatives

The DE legislature will swear in 3 members of the LGBTQ community. Queer Delawareans say that representation is important for protecting increasingly-threatened rights.

Air Date: November 23, 2020

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Secretary of State John Kerry
Environment
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Biden builds out national security picks with Blinken, Kerry

John Kerry will lead the incoming administration’s effort to combat climate change. Biden also plans to nominate Antony Blinken as his secretary of state.

5 years ago

A supporter of President-elect Joe Biden holds up his mobile phone to display the electoral college map outside the Philadelphia Convention Center
Elections
Pennsylvania
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WITF

Some counties will miss Pennsylvania’s election results certification deadline

Delays shouldn’t affect statewide certification, experts say.

5 years ago

Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to Union members after touring a plumbers union training center in Erie, Pennsylvania
NPR
Elections
Pennsylvania

Biden supporters in Pennsylvania look ahead to a ‘traditional presidency’

Joe Biden's supporters in the swing county of Erie talk about their hopes and their expectations of the incoming president.

5 years ago

President Trump participates in the first presidential debate
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics

Trump appeals rejection of effort to block Pennsylvania vote

President Donald Trump's appeal comes a day after a federal judge issued a scathing order shooting down claims of widespread irregularities with mail-in ballots.

5 years ago

Supporters of Donald Trump host a 'Stop the Steal' protest outside of the Georgia State Capital
NPR
Elections
National

Trump requests Georgia recount, meaning 5 million votes will be tabulated a 3rd time

The law calls for a recount to be conducted by re-tabulating every ballot through a scanner, the same way they were originally counted in the days after the Nov. 3 election.

5 years ago

Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania is seen during a confirmation hearing
NPR
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Toomey says Trump should accept election loss

His Saturday night statement came soon after a federal judge dismissed a Trump campaign lawsuit challenging the results in Pennsylvania.

5 years ago

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping on legal challenges to vote counting in Pennsylvania.
Elections
National
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Trump’s legal team cried vote fraud, but courts found none

U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann compared the campaign's legal arguments to “Frankenstein's Monster,” concluding that Trump's team offered only “speculative accusations."

5 years ago

People urge for all votes to be counted during a demonstration outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center where votes are being counted, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Philadelphia, following Tuesday's election. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Judge throws out Trump bid to stop PA vote certification

Pennsylvania officials can certify election results that currently show Democrat Joe Biden winning the state by more than 80,000 votes, a federal judge ruled Saturday.

5 years ago

A sign hangs in front of an American flag, as a handful of supporters of President Donald Trump continue to protest outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center, in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Suit challenges expansion of mail voting in Pennsylvania

The lawsuit was filed in the state Commonwealth Court, just two days before the deadline for counties to certify the results of the presidential election in Pennsylvania.

5 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden waves as he arrives The Queen theater for a meeting with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Elections
National

Biden could announce Cabinet picks as soon as next week

Biden's treasury pick, along with his nominee for secretary of state, may be announced before Thanksgiving.

5 years ago

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