A session Of Congress is underway as US Vice-President Kamala Harris presides over the official certification of the result of November’s presidential election – a contest that she lost to Donald Trump.
While the date also marks the fourth anniversary of a riot at the US Capitol, when Trump’s supporters tried to thwart the certification of Democratic President Joe Biden’s election victory in 2020, the current administration has assured there would be no repeat.
Heavy security is in place in Washington DC as House Speaker, Mike Johnson insists heavy snow will not stop the lawmakers from concluding the formality.
Meanwhile, Biden has announced a ban on new offshore oil and gas drilling along most of America’s coastline, weeks before Donald Trump takes office.
This order covering Gulf of Mexico, as well as the Pacific coast off California, Oregon and Washington is the latest in a string of last-minute climate policy actions by the Biden administration ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
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