Senate and the House of Representatives members to meet in a joint session to count and certify electoral college votes.
Senate and the House of Representatives members to meet in a joint session to count and certify electoral college votes.
US President appealing to lawmakers to reverse election loss when they convene to confirm Electoral College vote this week
The initiative, which appears certain to fail, flies in the face of rulings in dozens of courts and the findings by officials in several key states that there were no widespread voting problems.
Several Republican members of the House of Representatives have also said they plan to object to the January 6 certification of the Electoral College vote.
The president-elect said his team found that agencies “critical to our security have incurred enormous damage” during Trump’s time in office.
Biden has picked some experienced deal-makers and fighters for a climate team he’ll ask to remake much of the US economy
'Vigorous health and safety protocols' will be in place when Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris take the oath of office.
For more than a month Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had refused to recognise Biden.
“In this battle for the soul of America, democracy prevailed,” Biden said in a prime-time speech from his hometown.
Biden is officially over the 270 votes needed to secure the White House.