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Markets rose as Pennsylvania certified election results, confirming President-elect Joe Biden's victory.
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Markets rose as Pennsylvania certified election results, confirming President-elect Joe Biden's victory.
Pennsylvania certified the results of its election Tuesday, formalizing Biden's victory over Trump.
Several of the president-elect's nominees will make history if confirmed by the Senate.
But Trump is vowing to continue his fight to overturn the election's results.
Mr. Biden is expected to make the announcement on Tuesday.
President Trump and his allies have been trying unsuccessfully through the courts and other means to overturn Michigan's election results.
The president-elect named his secretary of state, national security adviser, homeland security secretary, ambassador to the UN and made other key appointments.
GSA Administrator Emily Murphy refuses to officially recognize Joe Biden as president-elect.
Sullivan has been advising Biden on domestic policy but has an extensive foreign policy background.
Veteran diplomat is expected to focus on restoring trust and professionalism to the State Department, with a particular focus on diversity.
The incoming administration still has no formal access to current government officials.
The president can request a recount because the results were still within 0.5%, but not until after statewide certification of results, which has to take place by Friday.
Longtime Biden aides and former primary rivals Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders are being considered.
The president-elect formed his own coronavirus advisory team, since he doesn't have access to current officials.
Longtime aides and his campaign's leadership will be filling top roles among Biden's White House staff.
"The idea the president is still playing golf and not doing anything about it is beyond my comprehension," Biden said.
"Donald Trump had spread racist lies about my husband that had put my family in danger," Obama recalled, but she still participated in the transition to his presidency.
Mr. Trump continues to claim there was widespread fraud in the election, though there is no evidence to support his allegations.
After choosing Ron Klain as his chief of staff, Biden is thinking about filling other key White House positions.
Biden's 14,000-vote margin was narrow enough to trigger a recount but it's not expected to change the outcome.
President Trump wins North Carolina's 15 electoral votes.
Arizona's 11 electoral votes are projected to go to Biden, who CBS News has already projected will win the election.
The GSA has yet to formally acknowledge Mr. Biden as the likely next president.
The president-elect spoke to Pope Francis on Thursday.
Klain, 59, served as chief of staff to Mr. Biden when he was vice president.