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Trump hampers incoming Biden administration from preparing COVID response
California is expected to reach a million COVID-19 cases on Thursday. Nearly a dozen counties regressed back to more restrictive tiers in the state’s pandemic reopening plan.
By Madeleine Brand • • 9m ListenCalifornia is expected to reach a million COVID-19 cases on Thursday. Nearly a dozen counties regressed back to more restrictive tiers in the state’s pandemic reopening plan. The nation also had a record number of hospitalizations on Tuesday — nearly 62,000.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump still hasn’t conceded the presidential race, and that’s hampering President-elect Joe Biden’s ability to get his COVID-19 response plans ready for when he takes over in January.
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The full episode
1 of 5Why Moroccan-born author Laila Lalami calls her US citizenship ‘conditional’- 0:00Trump hampers incoming Biden administration from preparing COVID responseYou’re reading this
- 9:25Mark Ridley-Thomas on LA’s COVID spike and options for removing Sheriff Alex Villanueva
- 17:45Tough decisions around gathering with family for Thanksgiving during COVID
- 27:11The US Space Force under Biden, getting Americans back on the moon, and NASA’s climate work
- 35:59Laila Lalami on what happens when a US border agent gets to decide who looks like a citizen