Biden starts formal transition with access to briefings, Covid-19 response and hiring
Stephen Schwarzman, Trump’s most high-profile supporter on Wall Street, has said it is time for the president to accept that he lost
Washington — US president-elect Joe Biden and his team will begin to delve into Donald Trump’s coronavirus vaccine planning and assess the condition of federal agencies after the president relented and allowed the transition planning to begin.
After weeks of inaction, the chief of the general services administration (GSA) acknowledged on Monday that Biden was the “apparent winner” of the November 3 election. The shift came after the key swing state of Michigan certified Biden as the winner, at least nine Republican senators called for the transition to begin and the Trump legal team suffered fresh setbacks...
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