House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared to grin as Vice President Kamala Harris certified her election defeat in a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol on Monday. A video of the moment has gone viral on social media.

With her hands clasped before her, the departing vice president had noted that “the peaceful transfer of power” is one of the most fundamental principles of democracy.

The state of the vote for the President of the United States, as delivered to the President of the Senate, is as follows. The whole number of the electors appointed to vote for President of the United States is 538.

The joint session to certify the 2024 election went off without interruptions as Vice President Kamala Harris made her defeat at the hands of Donald Trump official

Pence took to X, formerly Twitter, to share his praise to Congress and VP Harris for the peaceful transfer of power concerning Trump's election certification.

Congress has officially certified the 2024 election and President-elect Donald Trump will be inaugurated later this month. The election certification used to be an administrative formality – but that all changed four years ago when Trump supporters stormed the capitol in a deadly riot,

The late night hosts joked on Monday about Vice President Kamala Harris having to preside over the election certification of Donald Trump's win in Congress.

The American Congress has officially declared Donald Trump the winner of the 2024 presidential election, formally concluding the process for electing the President of the United States. The electoral votes were certified by Kamala Harris,