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Last Updated: November 7, 2024, 1:16 PM EST

Just days after former President Donald Trump was projected to have won the presidency, President Joe Biden will address the nation Thursday morning.

Biden's speech comes a day after Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a somber speech Wednesday afternoon at her alma mater, Howard University, in Washington, D.C.

Trump's transition team operation has begun, with transition co-chairs confirming that he will be selecting personnel in the coming days to serve under his leadership.

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Here's how the news is developing.
3 hours ago

Trump poised to receive intelligence briefings as president-elect

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is prepared to give President-elect Donald Trump intelligence briefings as part of his transition back to the White House.

"ODNI is acting consistent with the tradition, in place since 1952, of providing intelligence briefing to the President-elect," DNI said in a statement to ABC News.

Sources tell ABC News that Trump has yet to receive an intelligence briefing as president-elect. It's not clear whether he will even agree or want to receive them, though some members of his transition team have suggested he should.

-ABC News' Katherine Faulders

ByMaryAlice Parks
10:10 AM EST

Before Election Day, Biden at peace with decision to leave race: Sources

In the days before the election, senior administration officials insisted that Biden was at peace with his decision to leave the presidential race and had no regrets.

Biden dropped out of the race in July and then endorsed Harris -- a decision the senior administration official said the president made in the days before while in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

President Joe Biden talks with young patrons after walking out of BMORE LICKS, a homemade ice cream business in Baltimore, Oct. 29, 2024, after speaking the Port of Baltimore.
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After Trump's defeat of Harris, many have pointed fingers at Biden -- expressing frustration about his decision to seek reelection until this summer.

After Biden left the race, Harris and the president only did one campaign stop together on Labor Day.

9:51 AM EST

President Biden to address nation after Trump's defeat of Harris

Biden is set to speak to the nation from the White House on Thursday morning.

Biden in a statement on Wednesday said that adding Harris to his 2020 Democratic ticket was the first and "best decision" he made in that campaign. He praised Harris, saying she had "stepped up and led a historic campaign" under extraordinary circumstances.

That statement made no mention of Trump, the former Republican president and now president-elect, who will bookend Biden's sole term in office.

Read more here and watch Biden's speech live on ABC News Live and on the ABC News website.

Nov 06, 2024, 11:40 PM EST

President Xi Jinping calls to congratulate Trump, Chinese state media reports

President Xi Jinping called Donald Trump to congratulate him on his election as the president of the United States, according to state-run Xinhua News Agency.

During the call, Xi said a healthy and sustainable relationship is in the common interests of the two countries, according to the statement.

Vice President Han Zheng also called JD Vance to congratulate him on the election, the report stated.

-ABC News' Karson Yiu