Trump relents after steady drumbeat of fellow Republicans urge start of Biden transition


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  • Tuesday, 24 Nov 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) speaks during a news conference after U.S. President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, was confirmed by the Senate as the latest Supreme Court Justice on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., October 26, 2020. Graeme Jennings/Pool via REUTERS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump gave some ground on Monday to allow Joe Biden's transition to the presidency after the ranks grew of prominent Republicans calling for Trump to end efforts to overturn his election defeat.

Twenty days after Election Day, most members of Trump's party still refused on Monday to refer to Biden as president-elect, or question Trump's insistence - without evidence - that he only lost on Nov. 3 because of fraud.

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