The latest on Biden's transition

Today marks seven weeks since Election Day and President Trump continues to remain largely behind closed doors, focusing on ways he can overturn the results of the election.

Trump has no public events listed on his schedule Tuesday, and has not had an official White House event on his schedule since Friday.

His last public appearance was Dec. 12, when he attended the Army-Navy football game and participated in an on-camera interview with Fox News. Trump last took questions from reporters on Dec. 8.

By the numbers:

Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff early voted in Atlanta at the Metropolitan Library on the south side of the city.

Ossoff is one of two Democratic candidates vying to flip the Senate during the crucial Jan. 5 runoff election. Democrats need to win both seats to force a 50-50 Senate and gain control with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris eventually casting the tie breaking vote.

Ossoff didn’t make any remarks inside the polling location — he simply walked in the room, checked in and then walked over to the voting machine to cast his ballot. He said thank yous and then walked out a different door.

Overall, a very quick process. Ossoff was the only voter in the room at the time.

Prior to voting, Ossoff made some brief remarks, a condensed version of his stump speech, at a park across the street with young supporters gathered around him.

President-elect Joe Biden is poised to nominate Connecticut education commissioner Miguel Cardona as his education secretary, two people familiar with the matter say, a decision that could be one of the final Cabinet selections before Christmas.

A formal announcement could come as early as Wednesday.

Biden has set a goal of reopening most schools within the first 100 days of taking office, a position that has touched off controversy with some teachers' unions. 

Cardona has been a leading proponent of sending children back to school, saying too many students are falling behind during virtual learning amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Here are some other key things to know about Cardona:

Read more here.

Democratic candidate for Senate Jon Ossoff said that despite previous criticism of the Paycheck Protection Program and coronavirus relief packages, he’d would have voted for last night’s relief bill.

Ossoff is one of two Democratic candidates vying to flip the Senate during the crucial Jan. 5 runoff election.

Ossoff went on to call his opponent, incumbent Sen. David Perdue, “a man who treats his senate office like it’s his E- trade account, who blatantly and flagrantly abuses his power to enrich himself.”

Ossoff added that Perdue "must make it clear where he stands" on challenging the results of the Electoral College. 

Read more about the relief package here.

President-elect Joe Biden has yet to announce several key roles in his incoming administration, including attorney general, labor secretary and commerce secretary.

Biden's goal was to have all —or most — of his remaining Cabinet selections announced by Christmas, a transition official previously told CNN, but prospects for reaching it are dimming.

The nominee for attorney general is no longer expected to be announced before Christmas, a person familiar with the matter tells CNN, as Biden continues deliberating on one of the most high-profile positions in his incoming administration.

Here are the positions that haven't yet been announced:

Here's a look at who Biden has selected so far for his Cabinet and other top roles:

Over 1.6 million ballots have been cast in the US Senate runoff elections in Georgia, according to election officials.

The key Jan. 5 election continues to gain national attention as it will determine which party controls the Senate.

Here is a breakdown of the numbers:

During the November 2020 general election, early voting at this same period was at just 1.9 million ballots.

President-elect Joe Biden stumped for the Democratic candidates last week. Trump was in Georgia at the beginning of December and has promised to return for another rally on January 4, the night before Election Day.

President-elect Joe Biden is poised to nominate Connecticut education commissioner Miguel Cardona as his education secretary, two people familiar with the matter say. It's a decision that could be one of the final Cabinet selections before Christmas.

Biden has set a goal of reopening most schools within the first 100 days of taking office, a position that has touched off controversy with some teachers’ unions. Cardona has been a leading proponent of sending children back to school, saying too many students are falling behind during virtual learning amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Cardona, whose parents moved from Puerto Rico to Connecticut, would be another high-profile Latino in the Cabinet. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has urged Biden to select Cardona. A formal announcement could come as early as Wednesday.

After the Department of Education, Biden will have five Cabinet seats still to name – chief among them, Attorney General.

That decision is no longer expected to be announced before Christmas, a person familiar with the matter tells CNN, as Biden continues deliberating on one of the most high-profile positions in his new administration.

The delay puts Biden well behind his recent predecessors in the timing of choosing a nominee to lead the Justice Department.

Former President Barack Obama, for example, selected Eric Holder on Dec. 1, 2008. Former President George W. Bush, whose election went into overtime for more than a month with the Florida recount, announced John Ashcroft on Dec. 22, 2000.

For Biden, the deliberations about whom he should nominate as attorney general have emerged as some of the more complicated of the transition.

As CNN has previously reported, two of the final contenders for the post are Judge Merrick Garland and outgoing Alabama Sen. Doug Jones.

President-elect Joe Biden announced more members of his senior White House staff today, including longtime adviser Bruce Reed as a deputy chief of staff.

Reed traveled with Biden throughout the campaign and is a long-serving member of his close-knit circle of advisers.

He came under fire from New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other liberals for his connections to tech firms and the business world, which likely complicated him from getting a higher-ranking position in the Biden administration.

President-elect Joe Biden will deliver remarks to the country this afternoon ahead of the Christmas holiday. He is set to speak in Wilmington, Delaware. 

His remarks come as the roll out of the Covid-19 vaccines continue across the US and the country surpassed 18 million cases yesterday.

Last night, Biden praised Congress' passage of a long-awaited Covid-19 rescue package after months of gridlock. He noted in his tweet, however, that "our work is far from over."

See Biden's tweet: