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Trump for 1st time acknowledges election defeat, says there will be ‘orderly transition’ to Biden on Jan. 20  KTLA Los Angeles World reaction to the storming of the US Capitol  The Associated Press Congress certifies Biden win after violent Capitol riots  CNN 4

‘They failed’: McConnell condemns rioters who stormed the Capitol  POLITICO

The differing pictures raise questions for Israel about its obligations to Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza.

Her name had been floated for Biden’s health secretary, though she said last month she would be staying in Rhode Island and continuing to focus on the coronavirus pandemic.

Elaine Chao to resign as transportation secretary in wake of riot  CNN Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is first Trump Cabinet member to quit after riot  CNBC Capitol rioting forces Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to resign  Fox News ‘Deeply troubled’ by Capitol riot, Transportation

This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. There was no doubt that the dark red smear left on the first-floor bust

President-elect Joe Biden has selected Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as his labor secretary, choosing a former union worker who shares his Irish American background and working-class roots.

The president-elect picks Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a Biden ally with deep ties to unions, as his labor secretary, (Image credit: Steven Senne/AP)

The 25th Amendment allows for the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet to declare the president unfit for office. The vice president then becomes acting president.

Rev. Raphael Warnock’s victory on Wednesday over incumbent Republican Georgia U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler in a runoff election made history in more than one way. He became the first Black U.S. Senator elected from Georgia, the first Black Democratic U.S.