Biden fractures foot after fall, will likely be in walking boot 'for several weeks'
The president-elect fell while playing with his dog.
President Donald Trump is slated to hand over control of the White House to President-elect Joe Biden in 52 days.
Top headlines:
- Biden fractures foot, will require walking boot 'for several weeks'
- Wisconsin finishes its partial recount
- Suburban votes key to putting Biden over the top: Nate Silver
- Trump 'will represent thunder at the fringe for years to come'
- Pa. Supreme Court denies another bid by Trump allies to halt election certification
Michigan AG investigating threats made against members of Wayne County Board of Canvassers
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel confirmed Tuesday morning that her office is "actively investigating" threats made against members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers, according to a statement from her office.
The Criminal Investigations Division opened the investigation "shortly after" the Board of Canvassers meeting last Tuesday, the statement said.
The two Republican members of the board, Monica Palmer and William Hartmann, have both publicly said they have been threatened and harassed since they briefly failed to certify the election results and then later tried to rescind their confirmation votes, though the statement does not name them.
-ABC News’ Olivia Rubin
Trump continues to refuse to concede more than two weeks after the election
More than two weeks since Biden was projected as the president-elect and a day after the GSA made the transition official, Trump still refuses to concede.
On Tuesday, Trump tweeted that the “GSA has been terrific” but “the GSA does not determine who the next President of the United States will be” after tweeting a reference to a "big lawsuit" that has yet to be filed.
It follows a separate tweet Monday evening that may be the closest to a concession so far, in which Trump thanked the GSA and its administrator Emily Murphy and said he is “recommending that Emily and her team do what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols, and have told my team to do the same.” Still, he added that his legal battle “continues” and has re-tweeted a litany of baseless claims alleging election fraud.
Notably, in a letter ascertaining Biden as the winner, Murphy cited "recent developments involving legal challenges and certifications of election results” as her reason for considering Biden the apparent winner.
Following her letter, White House Chief of staff Mark Meadows sent a memo to staff Monday evening saying that the White House “will comply with all actions needed to ensure the smooth transfer of power,” per officials who received it.
-ABC News' Ben Gittleson and Katherine Faulders
Biden expected to roll out key nominees, Trump to take part in turkey pardon
A day after the GSA recognized Joe Biden as the apparent president-elect after a weeks-long delay -- putting in motion the official transition to a Biden administration -- President Donald Trump will take part in the traditional presidential turkey pardon on Tuesday.
Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, meanwhile, are expected to continue with the rollout that began before the GSA made it official by introducing their nominees and appointees to key national security and foreign policy posts in Wilmington, Delaware, at 1 p.m. ET.
A senior White House official said this year’s turkey pardon event will be smaller than years past due to the pandemic. Social-distancing and mask-wearing will be required, and those in close proximity to the president will be tested beforehand.
This year, the turkeys will be Corn and Cobb.
The lighthearted annual event, however, comes amid the sobering reality that the country has lost about 250,000 people since last Thanksgiving due to the pandemic, as watchers of the president wonder which other pardons might be coming as he serves out his last weeks and as the president continues not to concede the election.
Notably, during his pardoning event in 2018, as Trump pardoned the lucky bird Carrots, he quipped that, “the winner of this vote was decided by a fair and open election conducted on the White House website.”
“This was a fair election,” he said at the time. “Unfortunately, Carrots refused to concede and demanded a recount, and we’re still fighting with Carrots. And I will tell you, we’ve come to a conclusion: Carrots, I’m sorry to tell you, the result did not change.”
-ABC News’ Jordyn Phelps
Trump campaign and its allies have lost at least 30 cases since Election Day
Since Election Day, the Trump campaign and its allies have lost least 30 cases brought in an effort to overturn the results of the election, according to an ABC News count. The campaign itself has filed 19 lawsuits across 5 states -- 17 of which have been lost so far, either denied, dismissed or withdrawn.
The campaign has won one of its lawsuits. One lawsuit from Nevada has not yet been decided.
That lawsuit asks a Nevada judge to either invalidate the election results in the state and declare Trump's electors officially elected or to null the election results entirely and prevent either candidate from receiving the state's six electoral votes. Legal experts told ABC News the strategy has virtually no chance of being taken seriously.
-ABC News' Matthew Mosk and Olivia Rubin