Happy Tuesday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I'm Ellen Mitchell, and here's your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter.THE TOPLINE: A...

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President Trump has not conceded the election, but now that the transition is underway, President-elect Joe Biden can access the same brief about national security threats that Trump receives. (Image credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images)

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President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday said he would be open to meeting with President Trump as part of the transition, even as Trump has refused to publicly accept the results of the election."Of course I would, if...

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The GSA has informed President-elect Joe Biden that the Trump administration is ready to begin the formal transition process, according to a letter from Administrator Emily Murphy sent Monday afternoon and obtained by CNN.

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President Trump took to Twitter late Monday to respond to those who see the General Services Administration’s (GSA) decision to make federal resources available to Joe Biden’s transition team as a sign that his legal challenge is losing steam.

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Many noted that as she FINALLY kicked the transition process into gear, she never referred to Biden as the "president-elect."

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The General Services Administration said they would formally begin the transition of power to former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump immediately responded from his Twitter account. GSA administrator Emily Murphy released a letter on Monday evening to Biden announcing the agency's intention to begin the transitioning process. Trump tweeted about the letter just minutes...

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Drew Angerer/Getty Images After spending nearly the entire day off of Twitter, President Donald Trump spoke out in an early evening tweet about the GSA’s decision to finally release the federal funds to underwrite and support the transition efforts of President-elect Joe Biden . News broke sharply at 6 p.m. that GSA Administrator Emily Murphy finally appeared to accept that Biden was the winner...

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More than two weeks after clinching electoral victory, President-elect Joe Biden can finally start his formal transition to the White House. The General Services Administration on Monday finally acknowledged Biden as the apparent winner of the 2020 presidential election, allowing his team to get working on the logistics of the transition. President Donald Trump acknowledged the move in a tweet...

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