Still, Mr. Barr, who served as attorney general for President George H.W. Bush, praised Mr. Trump’s record as president in his resignation letter.
“Your record is all the more historic because you accomplished it in the face of relentless, implacable resistance,” Mr. Barr wrote in the letter.
“Few could have weathered these attacks, much less forge ahead with a positive program for the country,” Mr. Barr continued, hailing the president’s work to rebuild the military and to develop a coronavirus vaccine.
In his resignation letter, Mr. Barr wrote that he discussed the Justice Department’s review of voter fraud accusations with the president on Monday and “how these allegations will continue to be pursued.”
Biden calls Trumpâs attacks on voting âunconscionable.â
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âDemocracy Prevailed,â Biden Says After His Victory Is Affirmed
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., who spoke after the Electoral College formally casts its votes for him to replace President Trump, said that ânow itâs time to turn the page.â
If anyone didnât know before, they know now. What beats deep in the hearts of the American people is this: democracy, the right to be heard, to have your vote counted, to choose leaders of this nation, to govern ourselves. In America, politicians donât take power. People grant power to them. One of the extraordinary things we saw this year was that everyday Americans â our friends and our neighbors, often volunteers, Democrats, Republicans, independents â demonstrating absolute courage. They showed a deep and unwavering faith in, and a commitment to, the law. They did their duty in the face of a pandemic. And then
In the meantime, she said Mr. Trump “absolutely” encourages Americans to take the vaccine, once it is available to them, as the first doses of Pfizer’s version are doled out across the country. A second vaccine, from Moderna, is on track for approval by the end of the week.
Ms. McEnany said senior officials with national-security positions will be receiving the vaccines publicly in the coming days. She said to stay tuned for the list of names.
Mr. Trump’s position is somewhat unique, she said, since he may be producing an immune response already.
“He did recently recover from COVID,” she said.
Wisconsinâs Supreme Court denies a last-ditch Trump effort to toss 200,000 votes from Milwaukee and Madison.
Election observers, right, watching election officials during the recount of ballots in Milwaukee last month.Credit.Tannen Maury/EPA, via Shutterstock
Dec. 14, 2020
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday denied President Trumpâs attempt to invalidate more than 200,000 votes in the stateâs two biggest Democratic bastions for the second time this month.
The ruling ends the presidentâs efforts to overturn the result of the election just hours before the Electoral College is set to cast the stateâs 10 votes for President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.
To Cut Emissions to Zero, U.S. Needs to Make Big Changes in Next 10 Years
New research details major infrastructure work including immense construction projects that would need to start right away to achieve Biden’s goal of zero emissions by 2050.
To meet its goal of being carbon neutral by 2050, the United States will need to invest broadly in energy infrastructure.Credit.Beth Coller for The New York Times
Dec. 15, 2020
If the United States wants to get serious about tackling climate change, the country will need to build a staggering amount of new energy infrastructure in just the next 10 years, laying down steel and concrete at a pace barely being contemplated today.