Republicans urge Trump to allow Biden briefings as US election challenges sputter

More Republican lawmakers said on Thursday the Trump administration should allow Joe Biden to receive intelligence briefings, in a tacit acknowledgement the Democrat will soon occupy the White House despite the president’s refusal to concede. Most Republican officials and lawmakers have publicly supported President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the election results via a series of lawsuits filed in individual states, following the president’s unfounded claims of widespread voting fraud. Hand-count audits in more than six counties in the battleground state of Arizona, where Biden continues to lead amid ongoing vote counting, found only minor discrepancies, according to...