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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    President Trump is running out of legal options to challenge the election

    Even though Joe Biden won the election, President Trump still has not conceded the race. His campaign team has filed a bunch of lawsuits in swing states like Pennsylvania, Arizona, Michigan and Georgia.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 9, 2020 • 8m Listen

    Even though Joe Biden won the election, President Trump still has not conceded the race. His campaign team has filed a bunch of lawsuits in swing states like Pennsylvania, Arizona, Michigan and Georgia. A few of these suits asked judges to stop the count of mail-in ballots, such as in Philadelphia and Michigan.

    Meanwhile, on Tuesday, the Supreme Court justices will hear arguments in a big challenge against the Affordable Care Act.

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Karen Bass and Eric Garcetti look ahead to a Biden-Harris administration
    1. 0:00Rep. Karen Bass on Biden-Harris win, ‘cavemen conservatives,’ and 2022
    2. 10:13Mayor Eric Garcetti on what a Biden presidency will mean for coronavirus relief, immigration and housing in LA
    3. 18:54President Trump is running out of legal options to challenge the electionYou’re reading this
    4. 27:12Pfizer shows promising COVID vaccine trial results, as Joe Biden names his coronavirus task force
    5. 35:16Composer Ludwig Göransson’s childhood love of ‘Star Wars’ influenced his score for ‘The Mandalorian’
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