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Trump-Biden transition updates: At least 20 arrested, 1 stabbed at DC protests
The event was largely peaceful, but grew violent after crowds thinned at night.
President-elect Joe Biden is moving forward with transition plans, capping a tumultuous and tension-filled campaign during a historic pandemic against President Donald Trump, who still refuses to concede the election one week after Biden was projected as the winner of the presidential race.
Trump has largely hunkered down inside the White House since the election, but on Saturday his motorcade drove drove past supporters gathered to rally in Washington, D.C., on his way to play golf.
Biden, meanwhile, is pressing forward, meeting with transition advisers in Delaware and calling Trump's refusal to concede "an embarrassment."
The Biden transition team and the Trump administration are in a standoff over whether Biden should be granted access to federal resources allocated for the transition of power. The General Services Administration, headed by a Trump appointee, has yet to officially recognize Biden as the victor in the election, preventing Biden's team from gaining full access to government funds and security information.
But a growing number of Republican senators are calling on the administration to start giving Biden classified intelligence briefings, a sign that support for Trump's refusal to concede the election may be waning among his allies on Capitol Hill.
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House cancels dinner after backlash on Twitter
A dinner planned for new members of the House as part of their orientation week Friday night was canceled after backlash on Twitter.
When a reporter with NBC tweeted a photo of Statuary Hall in the Capitol, filled with tables, and an assurance from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that it was safe, some saw it as hypocritical for leaders to gather to break bread as Americans were being told it's not safe for them to get together with family for Thanksgiving.
Pelosi's office eventually announced that members wouldn't be having dinner in the Capitol, but taking their boxed meals to go.
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Trump's vaccine chief says Biden team should get access to Operation Warp Speed information
Trump’s handpicked representative to accelerate vaccine development, Moncef Slaoui, told the Financial Times that Biden’s team should be given access to information on Operation Warp Speed, the federal government’s program for developing and distributing a coronavirus vaccine, so that it is not slowed down. He called it "a matter of life and death for thousands of people."
The General Services Administration (GSA), headed by a Trump appointee, has yet to officially recognize Biden as the victor in the election, preventing Biden's team from gaining full access to government funds and security information.
Slaoui said he could not make contact with the Biden team without approval from the White House.
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Trump speaks publicly for first time since Biden projected as president-elect
Trump spoke publicly for the first time since Biden was projected to win the presidential election with remarks in the Rose Garden Friday afternoon on Operation Warp Speed, the federal government’s program for developing and distributing a coronavirus vaccine.
Picking up where he left off, Trump didn’t directly address the election, but while speaking about lockdowns he appeared to admit he was uncertain about the future of his administration.
“I will not go -- this administration will not be going to a lockdown. Hopefully, the, the -- whatever happens in the future -- who knows which administration it will be? I guess time will tell, but I can tell you, this administration will not go to a lockdown,” Trump said.
Notably, the Biden team is describing its strategy as a "dimmer switch" -- dialing restrictions up and down in hot spots as needed -- not a lockdown.
Trump did not take any questions from reporters.
Outside the White House, crowds of Trump supporters and counter-demonstrators gathered at Black Lives Matter Plaza ahead of expected rallies from far-right groups in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.
Pennsylvania will not order a recount for presidential race
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar will not order a recount of the presidential election in the Keystone State, as options for the Trump campaign in its effort to reverse the election results dwindle away.
Boockvar said in a statement Friday that the races for president, state attorney general, auditor general and state treasurer will not face recounts or recanvasses because unofficial returns submitted by the state’s counties showed no statewide candidate lost by less 0.5% -- the margin at which a recount would be triggered.
Trump is currently trailing Biden by more than 60,000 votes in the state.
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