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U.S. election: Georgia governor says state law requires governor’s office to formalize certification of election

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said on Friday that state law requires him to formalize the certification of election results, after the state’s top election official approved results earlier Friday showing president-elect Joe Biden beat President Donald Trump in the state in the Nov.

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Biden names liberal econ team as pandemic threatens workers

WILMINGTON, Del. – With unemployment still high and the pandemic threatening yet another economic slump, President-elect Joe Biden is assembling a team of liberal advisers who have long focused on the nation’s workers and government efforts to address economic inequality.Janet Yellen, announced Monday as Biden’s nominee for treasury secretary, served as chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018, when she placed a greater emphasis than previous Fed chairs on maximizing employment and less focus on price inflation.

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Trump headed to Georgia as turnout driver, but also a threat

ATLANTA – Some establishment Republicans are sounding alarms that President Donald Trump’s conspiratorial denials of his own defeat could threaten the party’s ability to win a Senate majority and counter President-elect Joe Biden’s administration.The concerns come ahead of Trump’s planned Saturday visit to Georgia to campaign alongside Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, who face strong Democratic challengers in Jan.

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Wisconsin, Arizona certify Biden wins in presidential vote

Two battleground states, Wisconsin and Arizona, certified their presidential election results Monday in favor of Joe Biden, even as President Donald Trump's legal team continued to dispute the results.Biden’s victory in Wisconsin was certified following a partial recount that only added to his 20,600-vote margin over Trump, who has promised to file a lawsuit seeking to undo the results.Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, signed a certificate that completed the process after the canvass report showing Biden as the winner following the recount was approved by the chairwoman of the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission.

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Wisconsin confirms Joe Biden as winner following recount

MADISON, Wis. - Joe Biden’s victory in battleground Wisconsin is now certified following a partial recount that only added to his 20,600-vote margin over President Donald Trump.Certification of the results by the Democratic chairwoman of the Wisconsin Elections Commission on Monday, Nov. 30 starts a five-day window for Trump to file a lawsuit.

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Political fight brewing over Biden's WH budget chief nominee

WILMINGTON, Del. – President-elect Joe Biden's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget is quickly emerging as a political battle that could disrupt his efforts to swiftly fill out his administration.Some Republicans are expressing doubt that Neera Tanden could be confirmed by the Senate after she spent years attacking GOP lawmakers on social media.Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton claimed Tanden’s rhetoric was “Filled with hate & guided by the woke left.”Texas Republican Sen.

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Biden's win over Trump in Wisconsin set to be certified

MADISON, Wis. – Joe Biden’s victory in battleground Wisconsin is scheduled to be certified Monday following a partial recount that only added to his 20,600-vote margin over President Donald Trump.Certification of the results by the Democratic chairwoman of the Wisconsin Elections Commission starts a five-day window for Trump to file a lawsuit. Trump on Saturday promised to file a lawsuit either on Monday or Tuesday, a longshot attempt to overturn the results of the election by disqualifying as many as 238,000 ballots.

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Arizona Secretary of State certifies 2020 general election results

PHOENIX - Arizona's election results were certified on Nov. 30 by Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, formalizing Democrat Joe Biden’s narrow victory over Donald Trump even as the Republican president’s attorneys continued making baseless claims of fraud in the state’s vote count.Hobbs certified the results at a news conference alongside Governor Doug Ducey, Attorney General Mark Brnovich, and Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court Robert Brutinel."Other states explored and experimented with election day, Arizona did not," Ducey said. "If you recall, there was talk about not having Election Day voting, some suggested canceling it.

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Biden to receive first presidential daily briefing Monday

WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team announced that Biden will receive his first presidential daily briefing on Monday. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will receive one as well. Biden got notice of his meeting a week after the General Services Administration declared him the “apparent winner” of the 2020 U.S.

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The Latest: Biden unveils Jan. 20 inaugural committee

WASHINGTON – The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local):8:46 a.m.President-elect Joe Biden is taking the first formal preparations for his Jan. 20 inauguration, unveiling the inaugural committee that will lead arrangements for the day he and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris assume their posts.Biden is naming Delaware State University president Tony Allen to serve as CEO of his presidential inaugural committee and campaign chief operating officer Maju Varghese as the group’s executive director.The inaugural committee works in coordination with Congress’ planning group around arrangements for the Capitol ceremony, and organizes inaugural balls and other events surrounding the swearing-in.

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U.S. could soon see 'surge upon a surge' in COVID cases, says Fauci

Anthony Fauci, The nation’s top infectious disease expert said Sunday that the U.S. may see “surge upon a surge” of the coronavirus over the coming weeks, and he does not expect current recommendations around social distancing to be relaxed before Christmas.Dr.

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Joe Biden delivers Thanksgiving address, discourages large gatherings amid COVID-19 pandemic

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday delivered a Thanksgiving address from Wilmington, Delaware, in which he sought unity and pleaded with Americans to take steps to remain safe as COVID-19 cases surge.

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Joe Biden fractures right foot while playing with his dog, will likely wear boot

Biden taps Neera Tanden to head OMB, picks all-female senior White House press team “Initial x-rays did not show any obvious fracture,” but medical staff ordered a more detailed CT scan, his doctor, Kevin O’Connor, said in a statement. The subsequent scan found tiny fractures of two small bones in the middle of his right foot, O’Connor said.“It is anticipated that he will likely require a walking boot for several weeks,” O’Conner said.Fractures are a concern generally as people age, but Biden’s appears to be a relatively mild one based on his doctor’s statement and the planned treatment.

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Biden taps Neera Tanden to head OMB, picks all-female senior White House press team

Joe Biden will have an all-female senior communications team at his White House, reflecting his stated desire to build out a diverse White House team as well as what’s expected to be a return to a more traditional press operation.Biden campaign communications director Kate Bedingfield will serve as Biden’s White House communications director. Jen Psaki, a longtime Democratic spokeswoman, will be his press secretary.Four of the seven top communications roles at the White House will be filled by women of colour, and it’s the first time the entire senior White House communications team will be entirely female.U.S.

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Biden breaks foot while playing with dog, to wear a boot

WILMINGTON, Del. – President-elect Joe Biden will likely wear a walking boot for the next several weeks as he recovers from breaking his right foot while playing with one of his dogs, his doctor said.Biden suffered the injury on Saturday and visited an orthopedist in Newark, Delaware, on Sunday afternoon, his office said.“Initial x-rays did not show any obvious fracture,” but medical staff ordered a more detailed CT scan, his doctor, Kevin O’Connor, said in a statement.

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Biden chooses an all-female senior White House press team

WILMINGTON, Del. – President-elect Joe Biden will have an all-female senior communications team at his White House, reflecting his stated desire to build out a diverse White House team as well as what’s expected to be a return to a more traditional press operation.Biden campaign communications director Kate Bedingfield will serve as Biden’s White House communications director.

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Source: Pa. lawmaker gets a positive test at Trump meeting

HARRISBURG, Pa. – A Pennsylvania state senator abruptly left a West Wing meeting with President Donald Trump after being informed he had tested positive for the coronavirus, a person with direct knowledge of the meeting told The Associated Press on Sunday.Republican state Sen. Doug Mastriano had gone to the White House last Wednesday with like-minded Republican state lawmakers shortly after a four-hour-plus public meeting that Mastriano helped host in Gettysburg — maskless — to discuss efforts to overturn president-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the state.Trump told Mastriano that White House medical personnel would take care of him, his son and his son’s friend, who were also there for the Oval Office meeting and tested positive.

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AP: Pennsylvania lawmaker gets a positive test at Trump meeting

HARRISBURG - A Pennsylvania state senator abruptly left a West Wing meeting with President Donald Trump after being informed he had tested positive for the coronavirus, a person with direct knowledge of the meeting told The Associated Press on Sunday.Republican state Sen. Doug Mastriano had gone to the White House last Wednesday with like-minded Republican state lawmakers shortly after a four-hour-plus public meeting that Mastriano helped host in Gettysburg — maskless — to discuss efforts to overturn president-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the state.Trump told Mastriano that White House medical personnel would take care of him, his son and his son’s friend, who were also there for the Oval Office meeting and tested positive.

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Trump 'ashamed' to have endorsed Republican Georgia governor

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Sunday he was “ashamed” for endorsing the Republican governor of Georgia after he lost in the state to Democrat Joe Biden. Trump has seethed over losing the southern state, which hadn’t voted for a Democrat for president in nearly 30 years.

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Biden visits doctor after twisting ankle while playing with his dog

Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden twisted his ankle while playing with one of his dogs and will be examined by a doctor “out of an abundance of caution,” his office said Sunday.Biden suffered the injury on Saturday and was visiting an orthopedist for an examination Sunday afternoon, his office said.RELATED: Bidens bringing cat to the White House: reportBiden was playing with Major, one of the Bidens’ two dogs. They adopted Major in 2018, and acquired their first dog, Champ, after the 2008 election.

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U.S. election: Trump says he doubts whether Supreme Court will hear election cases

Donald Trump said on Sunday that it might be difficult to get his election fraud allegations heard before the U.S. Supreme Court, expressing doubt about his legal strategy as his hopes of overturning the Nov.

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Biden twists ankle while playing with dog, visits a doctor

WILMINGTON, Del. – President-elect Joe Biden twisted his ankle while playing with one of his dogs and will be examined by a doctor “out of an abundance of caution,” his office said SundayBiden suffered the injury on Saturday and was visiting an orthopedist for an examination Sunday afternoon, his office said.Biden was playing with Major, one of the Bidens’ two dogs. They adopted Major in 2018, and acquired their first dog, Champ, after the 2008 election.

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Completed Wisconsin recount confirms Biden's win over Trump

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin finished a recount of its presidential results on Sunday, confirming Democrat Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump in the key battleground state. Trump vowed to challenge the outcome in court even before the recount concluded.Dane County was the second and last county to finish its recount, reporting a 45-vote gain for Trump.

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Wisconsin counties finish 2020 election recounts, solidifying Biden’s win over Trump

(Photos by Drew Angerer & Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) On Sunday, Dane County certified its 2020 election results after President Donald Trump requested a recount. County Clerk Scott McDonell tweeted the results, showing President-elect Joe Biden with 260,094 votes and Trump receiving 78,754 votes.The Trump campaign requested a recount in Dane and Milwaukee counties, costing the campaign $3 million.The recount further cemented Biden’s win.

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Trump's legal team to hold public hearing with Arizona Republicans on election integrity

PHOENIX - Members of President Donald Trump's legal team have scheduled a public hearing with select members of Arizona's legislature to gather and examine any evidence of election irregularities and fraud in the state.The hearing, planned to begin on Nov. 30 at 9 a.m., is intended to collect any evidence that would justify holding a special session for Arizona lawmakers to investigate further.The event was billed as a “fact-finding hearing” featuring members of Trump’s legal team and members of the Arizona Legislature, but top leaders of the Republican-controlled Legislature told The Associated Press that the planned gathering was not an official legislative event.According to press release by state Rep.

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Biden adds more members to COVID-19 advisory board

Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden makes a zero with his hand as he delivers remarks at an aluminum manufacturing facility in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, on September 21, 2020. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden announced the newest members to his COVID-19 advisory board Saturday.

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U.S. election: Trump tells Pennsylvania hearing that election ‘has to be turned around’

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejects Republican lawsuit challenging U.S. Election

Joe Biden‘s victory in the battleground state.The state Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, threw out the three-day-old order, saying the underlying lawsuit was filed months after the law allowed for challenges to Pennsylvania’s expansive year-old mail-in voting law. Pennsylvania appeals court rejects Trump’s challenge of election results The state’s attorney general, Democrat Josh Shapiro, called the court’s decision “another win for Democracy.”The week-old lawsuit, led by Republican U.S.

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Pennsylvania high court rejects lawsuit challenging election

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania's highest court on Saturday night threw out a lower court's order preventing the state from certifying dozens of contests on its Nov. 3 election ballot in the latest lawsuit filed by Republicans attempting to thwart President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the battleground state.The state Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, threw out the three-day-old order, saying the underlying lawsuit was filed months after the law allowed for challenges to Pennsylvania's expansive year-old mail-in voting law.The state's attorney general, Democrat Josh Shapiro, called the court's decision “another win for Democracy.”The week-old lawsuit, led by Republican U.S.

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To court Latinos, Democrats have to expand strategy in 2022

PHOENIX – President-elect Joe Biden’s campaign credits its success in Arizona to the immigrant-rights and grassroots organizations that have been mobilizing Latinos for nearly two decades. The fruits of their labor — in triple-digit heat, no less — paid off in this traditionally conservative state, where changing demographics and suburban voters turning out to oppose President Donald Trump also worked in Biden's favor.

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Former House Republican flips central California seat

FRESNO, Calif. – Republicans have picked up their 11th seat overall in the U.S. House and the third seat in California, as Republican David Valadao reclaimed the seat he lost in the farm belt two years ago.

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Federal appeals court rejects Trump appeal over Pennsylvania race

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 26: President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on Thanksgiving on November 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump had earlier made the traditional call to members of the military stationed abroad thro HARRISBURG - A federal appeals court in Philadelphia on Friday rejected President Donald Trump’s latest effort to challenge the election results in a case that could reach the U.S.

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US appeals court rejects Trump appeal over Pennsylvania race

PHILADELPHIA – A federal appeals court in Philadelphia on Friday rejected President Donald Trump’s latest effort to challenge the election results in a case that could reach the U.S. Supreme Court if Trump appeals.The 3rd U.S.

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Biden's win hides a dire warning for Democrats in rural U.S.

DES MOINES, Iowa – Democrats once dominated Koochiching County in the blue-collar Iron Range of northern Minnesota. But in this month's presidential election, President Donald Trump won it with 60% of the vote.That's not because voters there are suddenly shifting to the right, said Tom Bakk, who represents the area in the state Senate.

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Trump says he'll leave White House if Electoral College formalizes Biden's victory

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will leave the White House if the Electoral College formalizes President-Elect Joe Biden's victory — even as he insisted such a decision would be a “mistake” — as he spent his Thanksgiving renewing baseless claims that “massive fraud” and crooked officials in battleground states caused his election defeat.“Certainly I will. But you know that," Trump said Thursday when asked whether he would vacate the building, allowing a peaceful transition of power in January.

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Top California air, climate regulator hopes to run Biden EPA

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Over four decades, Mary Nichols has been the regulator behind some of the nation’s most ambitious climate policies and, in recent years, she’s been their staunchest defender against President Donald Trump's effort to dismantle them.With Joe Biden heading to the White House, Nichols hopes she is not done yet. Nichols, 75, ends her second tenure as chair of the California Air Resources Board next month, a job that’s made her the top air and climate regulator for the nation’s most populous and economically influential state.

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‘A polite coup d’etat’: Trump and allies continue baseless claims on U.S. election

Donald Trump‘s relentless challenges to the election, after the federal government acknowledged President-elect Joe Biden was the “apparent winner” and Trump cleared the way for co-operation on a transition of power.But his baseless claims have a way of coming back. And back.

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In Georgia, Republicans juggle Biden win and Trump loyalties

GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Twin Georgia Senate runoffs have Republicans in a quandary. They could admit President Donald Trump lost his re-election bid and turn all attention to salvaging a Senate majority to counter President-elect Joe Biden.

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Trump pardons former national security adviser Michael Flynn

Donald Trump has pardoned his former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.In a tweet Wednesday afternoon, the outgoing president said it is his “Great Honor” to pardon Flynn.“Congratulations to @GenFlynn and his wonderful family,” Trump wrote. “I know you will now have a truly fantastic Thanksgiving.”It is my Great Honor to announce that General Michael T.

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They're baaack: Trump and allies still refuse election loss

WASHINGTON – Monday seemed like the end of President Donald Trump's relentless challenges to the election, after the federal government acknowledged President-elect Joe Biden was the “apparent winner” and Trump cleared the way for cooperation on a transition of power.But his baseless claims have a way of coming back. And back.

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Over phone, Trump tells Pennsylvania hearing U.S. election must be ‘turned around’

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday baselessly claimed anew that he had won the election and uttered repeated falsehoods when he called into an event held by Pennsylvania Republicans to investigate unproven allegations of voter fraud.“This was an election that we won easily.

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Biden seeks unity as Trump stokes fading embers of campaign

WILMINGTON, Del. – On a day of grace and grievance, President-elect Joe Biden summoned Americans to join in common purpose against the coronavirus pandemic and their political divisions while the man he will replace stoked the fading embers of his campaign to “turn the election over.”Biden, in a Thanksgiving-eve address to the nation, put the surging pandemic front and center, pledging to tap the “vast powers” of the federal government and to “change the course of the disease” once in office. But for that to work, he said, Americans must step up for their own safety and that of their fellow citizens.“I know the country has grown weary of the fight,” Biden said Wednesday.

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Trump refuses to accept Biden's win as transition proceeds

(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday baselessly claimed anew that he had won the election and uttered repeated falsehoods as he called into an event held by Pennsylvania Republicans to investigate unproven allegations of voter fraud.“This was an election that we won easily. We won it by a lot,” Trump declared to the group gathered at a hotel in Gettysburg.

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Judge halts further vote certification; Gov. Wolf to appeal

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Pennsylvania appeals court judge ordered state officials on Wednesday to halt any further steps toward certifying election results, a day after Gov. Tom Wolf said he had certified Democrat Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election in Pennsylvania.Wolf's administration quickly filed notice to appeal the decision to the state Supreme Court.Commonwealth Court Judge Patricia McCullough, a Republican, issued the order and set a hearing for Friday.

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President Trump should pardon himself to stop ‘radical left,’ Florida Congressman says

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz said President Donald Trump should pardon himself and others in his administration before leaving office to prevent the “radical left” from prosecuting them.The Panhandle Republican and close Trump ally said Tuesday on Fox News that the president should protect his staff from what he thinks would be unjust prosecutions.Some Democrats have called on the incoming Biden administration to investigate Trump and other members of his administration for possible crimes while in office and before.Gaetz said, “The radical left (has) a bloodlust that will only be quenched if they come after” Trump and his aides.

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Asian shares mostly rise after Dow crests 30,000 points

TOKYO – Asian shares mostly rose Wednesday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 30,000 points for the first time despite an ongoing pandemic, as progress in development of coronavirus vaccines kept investors in a buying mood.Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 edged up 0.5% to finish at 26,296.86. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.6% to 6,683.30.

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'America is back': Biden pushes past Trump era with nominees

WILMINGTON, Del. – Declaring "America is back," President-elect Joe Biden introduced his national security team, his first substantive offering of how he’ll shift from Trump-era “America First” policies by relying on experts from the Democratic establishment to be some of his most important advisers.“Together, these public servants will restore America globally, its global leadership and its moral leadership,” Biden said Tuesday from a theater in his longtime home of Wilmington, Delaware.

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Jake Sullivan: Joe Biden’s national security adviser one of youngest to hold key role

Jake Sullivan (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden appointed Jake Sullivan as his national security adviser Tuesday.Sullivan, 43, will be one of the youngest people to serve in that role.Biden introduced Sullivan in Wilmington, Delaware along with other nominees for his foreign policy and national security teams.RELATED: Biden picks Blinken, Mayorkas, Sullivan for key Cabinet positionsPresident-elect Joe Biden introduced key members of his foreign policy and national security team Tuesday.Sullivan briefly took to the podium, thanking Biden for the honor.

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Biden to deliver Thanksgiving address on Wednesday

President-elect Joe Biden introduces key foreign policy and national security nominees and appointments at the Queen Theatre on Nov. 24, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware.

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U.S. election: Georgia governor says state law requires governor’s office to formalize certification of election

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