Axios PM: Biden urges calm — New wave of Trump books — Fall beauty in Big 🍎

1 big thing: Biden urges calm | Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Open in app View in browser   Presented By UnitedHealth Group   Axios PM By Mike Allen ·Nov 10, 2020 Good afternoon: Today's PM — edited by Justin Green — is 500 words, a 2-minute read. 🚨 Situational awareness: Most of the Affordable Care Act appears likely to survive as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over the law's individual mandate, Sam Baker reports. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggested they're unlikely to throw out the entire health care law, and their votes would be enough to save it.     1 big thing: Biden urges calm Joe Biden speaks at The Queen in Wilmington today. Photo: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images   President-elect Joe Biden is doing more than anyone to lower the temperature in the room. "We are already beginning the transition," Biden said today, noting that GOP refusals to concede a President Trump loss "does not change the dynamic at all and what we're able to do." Biden called Trump's rumblings "an embarrassment" that will hurt his legacy. The big picture: The Biden transition team is officially reaching out to Democratic lawmakers, telling them that Biden is eager "to seize this transition period to get started," reports Axios' Hans Nichols. The transition team is threatening legal action to gain office space and classified information. Between the lines: Five world leaders have called to congratulate Biden — one more than the number of GOP senators who have publicly done so, notes Axios' Shawna Chen. Just today, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo laughed after saying there "will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration." Pompeo, like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, cited the Electoral College as uncertainty swirled about how far the Republican Party would let Trump go in his quest to overturn the results of last week's vote. The bottom line: "I think at the end of the day, it's all going to come to fruition on Jan. 20," said Biden. "And between now and then, my hope and expectation is the American people do know and do understand that there has been a transition."     2. Pic du jour Photo: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images The Big Apple's fall beauty: A woman takes a picture as a tree is reflected in The Pond in Central Park.     A message from UnitedHealth Group How to cover 28 million more people…     Learn how to achieve universal coverage by strengthening and expanding existing coverage options: Expand and strengthen Medicaid to cover 9 million more people. Modernize exchanges to cover 9 million more people. Enable more choice in the individual market to cover 10 million more people.     3. Catch up quick Apple debuted Macs with chips designed in-house, introducing updated versions of the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac mini that use its new M1 processor. Go deeper. EU regulators have filed antitrust charges against Amazon, claiming the company is acting anti-competitively when it uses data from sellers on its marketplace to develop its own products. Go deeper. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan agreed to end the war in Nagorno-Karabakh on terms that were "unbelievably painful." Go deeper. Top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat died from COVID-19 complications. He played a major role in the Oslo Accords. 🎧 Axios Re:Cap interviewed Lyft co-founder John Zimmer on what comes next for the gig economy. Listen here.     4. 1 book wave Photo: AP   The Trump book bonanza won't be ending with the Trump administration, AP reports. To come in 2021 and beyond ... A campaign book from N.Y. Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns. A rumored memoir by former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale. "Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response," by Andy Slavitt, the former head of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the Obama administration. The real drama includes which publisher will publish Trump himself. Any publisher signing with Trump or a top administration official might face the anger not just of Trump critics among the general public, but from within the industry. But even presidents who have left office highly unpopular managed to get book deals and release bestsellers.     A message from UnitedHealth Group Leading in the development of a next-generation health care system     For more than 20 years, UnitedHealth Group has advocated for universal coverage. Learn more about three solutions to build on the existing health care system to cover 28 million more people. We're committed to expanding access to high-quality, affordable health care.     Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. Sponsorship has no influence on editorial content. Axios, 3100 Clarendon B‌lvd, Suite 1300, Arlington VA 22201   You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from Axios. Change your preferences or unsubscribe here.   Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up now to get Axios in your inbox.   Follow Axios on social media: