Electoral vote objections delay Biden certification in Congress
Washington (AFP) - Republican lawmakers early Thursday objected to counting Pennsylvania's electors, further delaying the certification of Joe Biden's election victory after the House and Senate rejected an earlier challenge to his win in Arizona. The overnight scenes in Congress -- normally a ceremonial procedure but one that Donald Trump's loyalists have sought to co-opt as the last gasp attempt to keep the president in power -- come hours after violent unrest in the US Capitol by pro-Trump rioters interrupted the process. Senator Josh Hawley joined the objection of dozens of House Republica...