Mike Pence calls Kamala Harris to offer congratulations and help

• The call is the first known occasion that Pence and Harris have communicated since their vice presidential debate last fall.
• "It also represents the only one-on-one interaction between the dueling 2020 presidential tickets..." the Times writes.

The big picture: The vice president and his wife Karen Pence plan to attend Biden's inauguration on Wednesday, according to multiple reports.

• Trump has said he will not attend the inauguration and is expected to leave the White House the same morning, per the New York Times.
• "The final flouting of norms came when he refused to appear at the swearing-in, a national rite of reconciliation, becoming the first outgoing president to snub an inauguration since the 1860s," the Times reports.