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| Good morning, Daily Briefing readers. We've got election news ... 17 days after Election Day. |
| After six days of hand-recounting, Georgia has declared President-elect Joe Biden its victor (again). President Donald Trump has invited Republican officials from Michigan to come to the White House to discuss the lack of proven voter fraud. And allegations by Team Trump that the election was rigged continue to remain wholly unsubstantiated in court. |
| Meanwhile, let's have a little chat about Thanksgiving. We're less than a week away. How have you prepared for the way the holiday will look during the pandemic? We have some tips on how to make new memories: |
| • | Have virtual family dinners using teleconferencing. You can invite many people and will have to wash only your own dishes. | | • | Focus on doing things for others, especially those who are alone. | |
| It's Lindsay with today's news. |
Trump brings Michigan officials to the White House |
| In an unexpected move, Trump will meet Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield, and Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, both Republicans, at the White House on Friday, as his campaign finds little legal relief in their ongoing attempts to show, without evidence or proof, that Michigan election results are illegitimate. Both Chatfield and Shirkey have said they have no plans for any longshot maneuvers aimed at the Republican legislature naming an alternate set of pro-Trump electors for Michigan. When asked about the visit, President-elect Joe Biden said he couldn't speak about Trump's motivation. "It's hard to fathom how this man thinks. It's just outrageous what he's doing." |
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Oh, did you think recounts were ending? |
| A partial recount of votes begins Friday in Wisconsin, though that has already gotten off to a rough start. State-level results must be certified by Dec. 1, and while Biden's lead over Trump is narrow at just over 20,000 votes, experts say the results aren't expected to change much. In Georgia, the results of 5 million ballots that were recounted by hand over the past week will be certified on Friday, reaffirming Biden as the winner by 12,284 votes, a narrower margin than the 14,196-vote lead he held immediately after the election. The Trump campaign is expected to ask for another recount. |
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COVID-19 vaccine plans for emergency use authorization |
| Pfizer and its partner BioNTech plan to file for emergency use authorization with the Food and Drug Administration, possibly as early as Friday , two days after announcing its COVID-19 vaccine is 95% effective. Pfizer CEO and Chairman Albert Bourla told NPR's All Things Considered that the company hopes to file for authorization Friday and start distributing the vaccine within hours of its approval. Half of the vaccines produced will go to the U.S. and the other half for the rest of the world, he said. |
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Week of awareness wraps up with Transgender Day of Remembrance |
| Transgender Awareness Week, which promotes transgender visibility and highlights issues the community faces , concludes Friday with the observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance. That is a day to honor the memory of transgender people who were killed in anti-transgender acts of violence. It comes after a disturbing year for the community: At least 34 transgender or gender-nonconforming people were killed as a result of violence this year, most of them Black and Latino women. But there have also been high points. Biden, who spoke for transgender rights at a town hall, has vowed to eliminate discriminatory executive orders from Trump and has made LGBTQ equality part of his platform. Voters also gave at least eight transgender, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming state candidates victories on Election Day, including tapping the nation's first openly transgender state senator. |
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Megan Thee Stallion, BTS set to release new albums |
| A little holiday birdie is throwing this gift idea out there: Megan Thee Stallion is here to put her truth (literally) on the record with her debut studio album. Out Friday, Megan Thee Stallion releases "Good News," which focuses on the power of writing your own story and sends a message about the necessity of listening to Black women's voices. And in more music news: After months of anticipation, BTS' latest album, "BE," is set to drop Friday. "BE" is BTS' second album this year. Members RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook released "Map of the Soul: 7" in February. |
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| Contributing: The Associated Press |
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