Here is how the transition is unfolding. All times Eastern.
Nov 23, 2020, 9:56 AM EST
Biden has congratulatory call with Prime Minister of New Zealand
Biden shared a congratulatory phone call Sunday night with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand, according to a readout issued by his transition team.
Biden also congratulated Ardern on her reelection, which she overwhelmingly won last month, and the two discussed containing COVID-19, climate change, strengthening democracy and "maintaining a secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific region."
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces a new date for national elections, during a news conference in Wellington, New Zealand, on Aug. 17, 2020. The election had been scheduled for Sept. 19 but will now be held on Oct. 17, after a COVID-19 outbreak in Auckland.
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The president-elect also praised Ardern's leadership after the 2019 Christchurch massacre and during the COVID-19 pandemic, calling her a "role model."
In total, Biden has now spoken with world leaders from 14 different countries and the Vatican.
-ABC News’ John Verhovek
Nov 23, 2020, 9:38 AM EST
Some in GOP call on Trump to concede as he stonewalls Biden’s transition
With less than 60 days until the inauguration, the Trump administration is still refusing to recognize Biden as the president-elect as a small but growing number of Republicans are calling for a full and formal transition process to begin.
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska was the latest to add her voice, slamming Trump’s apparent “pressure campaign” on state legislators to try to overturn election results as “unprecedented” and “inconsistent with our Democratic process” while calling for Biden’s ascertainment in a statement Sunday.
In this June 23, 2020, file photo Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, listens during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine COVID-19 on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a close confidant of Trump’s who helped him prepare for debates, called his legal team “a national embarrassment” on ABC’s “This Week” following another defeat in a Pennsylvania court over the weekend with a blistering dismissal from the judge.
After the ruling, Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania urged Trump to concede the loss and facilitate the transition process, suggesting that his legacy will be harmed if he doesn’t help unify the country.
Republican Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland, who has publicly feuded with Trump over the federal government’s response to COVID-19, also said Sunday he was more “embarrassed” by others in the party who haven’t spoken out.
Liz Cheney, chair of the House Republican Conference, also asked Trump over the weekend to respect "the sanctity of our electoral process" if he can’t prove his claims of widespread voter fraud, which he’s so far been unable to do.
Even Trump allies like Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, are calling on the Trump administration to give Biden intelligence briefings -- even if they aren’t publicly recognizing him yet as the president-elect.
Nov 23, 2020, 9:38 AM EST
ABC: Biden to name his pick for US ambassador to the UN
Biden is expected to name Linda Thomas Greenfield as his pick for U.S. ambassador to the U.N., according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Greenfield, a retired foreign service officer, is currently leading the State Department agency review team for the Biden transition and was one of the officials who briefed him last week on national security.
In this file photo, Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks during a Bloomberg West Television interview in San Francisco, May 31, 2016.
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She would be just the second Black woman to ever serve in the post.
