President-elect Joe Biden is urging Congress to back a round of $1,400 per-person direct payments and asking for funding for testing and vaccine distribution.
Joe Biden’s presidential election victory has been certified by Congress despite objections by Trump loyalists. The certification process was disrupted earlier when a mob broke into the Capitol.
U.S. Capitol Police put the Capitol into an hourslong lockdown after pro-Trump rioters forced their way into Congress, forcing lawmakers to shelter in place and halting debate over the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College win. A woman who was shot during the unrest has died, D.C. police said.
US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his conviction that his political nemeses stole his rightful victory in November. In a rally outside the White House, the president declared he will “never concede.”
Nancy Pelosi, the only woman to serve as US Speaker of the House, was narrowly re-elected to the position Sunday in a deeply divided new Congress that convened in the final weeks of Donald Trump's presidency.
President-elect Joe Biden selected New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as his nominee for interior secretary on Thursday, a historic pick that would make her the first Native American to lead the powerful federal agency that has wielded influence over the nation’s tribes for generations.