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The Transition: The fallout from the election a week ago

Leslie Luna, left, and friends sit near the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Saturday while watching Joe Biden and Kamala Harris deliver remarks from Wilmington, Del.
Leslie Luna, left, and friends sit near the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Saturday while watching Joe Biden and Kamala Harris deliver remarks from Wilmington, Del. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

With the Trump administration continuing to insist the president didn’t lose the election, Joe Biden and his team have been unable to get national security briefings or funds usually associated with setting up shop during a presidential transition. There are also more than a dozen congressional races still waiting to be called.

CQ Roll Call’s Jim Saksa speaks with chief Washington correspondent Niels Lesniewski in this special episode of the Political Theater podcast. And senior writer Ellyn Ferguson talks about what the transition will mean for farmers.

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