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The Wisconsin election commission has confirmed that Joe Biden won the state presidential election after a recount in two counties.
This brings the Democratic president-elect closer to an official Electoral College victory in the key state.
Earlier, Arizona certified its election results in favor of Mr. Biden. It is one of several states where Donald Trump’s campaign made desperate efforts to challenge its rival’s victory.
“We do well here in Arizona. The system is strong and that’s why I boasted so much about it,” said Gov. Doug Ducey, Republican.
The US Electoral College, which selects presidents based on the vote totals from each state, meets on December 14.
Biden beat Trump by 306 voters to 232, a margin the US president described as a “landslide” when it came to his advantage in 2016.
The state of Wisconsin is expected to certify Joe Biden as its election winner later today. Counts in the state’s two largest counties confirmed yesterday that the Democrat won by more than 20,000 votes.
Meanwhile, Biden has a broken foot and will likely have to wear a medical boot, his team said. The 78-year-old man was taken to the doctor after slipping while playing with his dog.
Biden, who will become the oldest president of the United States after being sworn in in January, suffered the injury Saturday with Major, one of his two German shepherds.
“Get well soon!” Trump said on Twitter, in a retweet of an NBC video showing Biden leaving an orthopedic office.
Also today, the US President-elect formally elected former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen to head the Treasury, one of a list of economic officials who will break down gender and racial barriers in the US government. USA
Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe congratulated her on Twitter.
congratulations to @JanetYellen on her nomination as United States Secretary of the Treasury. I look forward to working closely on global economic issues as we embark on rebuilding and revitalizing our economies after the # COVID-19 pandemic.# G7 #Eurogroup https://t.co/Bv065osQdj
– Paschal Donohoe (@Paschald) November 30, 2020
If approved by the Senate, Ms. Yellen would be the first female Treasury Secretary, and the first African-Americans to join the executive branch to serve as her deputy, Nigerian-born Wally Adeyemo, and as head of the economic council of the White House. Cecilia Rouse.
“We are facing great challenges as a country at this time. To recover, we must restore the American dream, a society where each person can develop their potential and dream even bigger for their children,” Ms. Yellen tweeted after the announcement.
“As Secretary of the Treasury, I will work every day to rebuild that dream for everyone.”
Biden also announced an all-female White House communications team, in what his office called a first in the country’s history.
Among those named was Jen Psaki, who will play the highly visible role of White House press secretary.
Ms. Psaki, 41, has held several high-level positions, including that of White House communications director for the Barack Obama-Biden administration.
Honored to work again for @Joe Biden, a man I worked on behalf of during the Obama-Biden administration as he helped lead the economic recovery, rebuilt our relationships with partners (good practice) and injected empathy and humanity into almost every meeting I participated in.
– Jen Psaki (@jrpsaki) November 29, 2020
Elizabeth Alexander was appointed director of communications for incoming first lady Jill Biden.
Appointments do not require Senate confirmation unlike most Cabinet-level positions.
Meanwhile, President Trump’s administration will fight its last major political fight before the Supreme Court as it seeks to exclude undocumented immigrants from the population count used to determine the representation of states in Congress.
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