Washington Post: “Since Donald Trump’s victory in the Nov. 5 presidential election, Biden has not taken questions about what he had repeatedly called the most important election in history, one he warned would change the country forever if Trump prevailed.”

“Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is on an urgent mission: get as much high-tech spending out the door before Donald Trump takes office,” Politico reports.

“The Biden administration is aiming to commit nearly every unspent dollar in its $50 billion microchip-subsidy program before President-elect Donald Trump takes over in January, an effort that would effectively cement a massive industrial legacy before the GOP can reverse course.”

“The White House is expected to request over $98 billion in disaster relief funds from Congress on Monday,” Axios reports.

“The emergency request from the White House comes as Congress must address a government funding lapse at the end of the year.”

“President-elect Donald Trump has selected longtime aide and media personality Karoline Leavitt to be his White House press secretary and carry the message of his administration publicly as he returns to the Oval Office,” NPR reports.

“At 27 years old, Leavitt will be the youngest person to hold the position of top White House spokesperson.”

Politico: Karoline Leavitt returns to Trump’s White House as press secretary.

“A former communications director for Kamala Harris has made the unlikely suggestion that Joe Biden resign so she can become the first woman to serve as US president after her defeat to Donald Trump in the November 5 election,” The Guardian reports.

“The White House is racing to dole out remaining funds appropriated from key legislation President Joe Biden signed before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in 10 weeks,” CNN reports.

“That includes finalizing agreements between the Commerce Department and manufacturing companies for federal semiconductor subsidies; allocating grants for climate initiatives; and surging available money and weaponry to war-torn Ukraine.”

“The implementation efforts reflect one slice of how the Biden administration is working to shore up key initiatives as the second Trump presidency approaches.”

“A government ethics watchdog agency has formally accused White House domestic policy chief Neera Tanden of repeatedly violating the Hatch Act by soliciting political contributions on social media in the months before the election,” Politico reports.

“President Joe Biden spoke to former President Donald Trump on the phone Wednesday to congratulate him on winning the presidency,” ABC News reports.

“Biden invited Trump to meet with him at the White House.”

“Despondent Biden administration officials are mulling how to protect their national security priorities before president-elect Donald Trump returns to the Oval Office in January. Whether it’s sending funds to Ukraine or imposing new sanctions on extremist Israeli settlers, an array of options are on the table,” Politico reports.

“But there’s no formal plan yet for how to lock in President Joe Biden’s big-ticket policies against a Trump effort to dismantle them.”

Nicholas Lehmann: “Objectively, and improbably, he has passed more new domestic programs than any Democratic President since Lyndon Johnson — maybe even since Franklin Roosevelt.”

“White House press officials altered the official transcript of a call in which President Joe Biden appeared to take a swipe at supporters of Donald Trump, drawing objections from the federal workers who document such remarks for posterity,” the AP reports.

The White House said that President Biden believes his predecessor, Donald Trump, is a fascist, CNN reports.