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.

Vice President Kamala Harris certified her emphatic loss to President-elect ... still recovering from a broken hip, was present to watch her successor as House Speaker, Mike Johnson (R-La.), preside alongside Harris. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.),

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday is set to preside over the certification of her defeat to Donald Trump four years after he tried to stop the very process that will now return him to the White House. In a video message, Harris described her role as a “sacred obligation” to ensure the peaceful transfer of power.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson removed Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Mike Turner who had been a strong defender of NATO and aid for Ukraine in defending itself against Russia.

The former president will lie in state Tuesday night and again Wednesday before his remains are moved to National Cathedral. There, President Joe Biden will eulogize Carter.

Lawmakers met on Monday for a joint session of Congress to certify President-elect Donald Trump's 2024 victory.

Trump's man holds on: Mike Johnson is re-elected as Speaker after rebels back down in last-gasp deal Huge standing ovation as Kamala Harris announces how badly she got spanked in the election ...

The proceedings cap "the greatest political comeback in American history," House Speaker Mike Johnson wrote in a post on X ... and we are prepared to hit the ground running." Harris, the defeated 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, oversaw the joint ...

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

Members of Congress, the Supreme Court and other dignitaries will gather at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday for a lying-in-state ceremony for former President Jimmy Carter.