The two leading House legislators were briefed following a report that Rep. Eric Swalwell and others had been targeted for information by a suspected Chinese spy.

The two camps on Friday publicly disagreed on whether there had been an agreement to postpone about a dozen transition meetings.

The vice president, who chairs the White House coronavirus task force, is the most high-profile U.S. official so far to receive the vaccine.

Richmond, who Biden picked as his director of the Office of Public Engagement, was not in close contact with Biden, his spokeswoman Kate Bedingfield said in a statement.

The vice president is scheduled to get the vaccine in an event that will be publicly broadcast as officials seek to calm people's fears surrounding the vaccine.

President-elect Joe Biden said he plans to take a vaccine publicly in an effort to promote trust. Vice President Pence and his team are discussing options for how and when he will take it, too.

Onetime presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg will be the first openly LGBTQ person nominated to a permanent Cabinet post.

On the day electors around the country voted to reaffirm his victory, President-elect Joe Biden also called for unity and healing.

The president-elect on Friday introduced several notable alumni of the Obama administration to join his Cabinet in January.

Tai, if confirmed, will be the first woman of color to serve in the role.

Joe Biden's son Hunter said he learned that "the U.S. Attorney's Office in Delaware advised my legal counsel ... that they are investigating my tax affairs."

Lloyd Austin, a retired Army general, would be the first African American in the job. But confirming Austin to the top civilian spot in the Defense Department would require a waiver.

Minority leaders met virtually with the president elect on Tuesday to discuss the administration's priorities on race.

Health experts, industry leaders and state legislators gather as the administration prepares to roll out a COVID-19 vaccine in the coming months.

Austin will bring to the Pentagon decades of military experience. He would be the first African American to lead the department.

Grisham, who has been floated as a potential secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, outlined her vision for pulling the U.S. through the coronavirus pandemic.

The president-elect also told CNN on Thursday he would ask Americans to wear masks for the first 100 days of his administration.

The president said he was disappointed that the attorney general would not further entertain already debunked claims of widespread voter fraud.

Some Georgia Republicans have continued the president's crusade to seek to have the state's election results overturned following Trump's White House loss to Democrat Joe Biden.

For years, the Democrats have been pushing the state further blue. The former astronaut's swearing-in trims the Republican majority in the Senate to 52-48.