After 4 years since the chaos at the Capitol during the confirmation of Mr. Joe Biden’s victory over Mr. Donald Trump, the US Congress yesterday recognized Mr. Trump’s victory, according to AFP. The person presiding over the electoral vote counting is Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate who lost on election day November 5, 2024.
Ms. Harris announced Mr. Trump’s election results in Congress
“Mr. Donald J Trump of Florida received 312 votes. Ms. Kamala D Harris of California received 226 votes,” Ms. Harris, as President of the US Senate, announced the results after counting the electoral votes. completed. With this result, Ms. Harris announced that Mr. Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance will proceed to be sworn into office on January 20.
The above bicameral session was still conducted at the Capitol despite the snowstorm hitting the US capital. Responding to the press later, Ms. Harris affirmed that this was an important day, witnessing one of the most core pillars of American democracy, the peaceful transfer of power. On this day 4 years ago, then-Vice President Mike Pence declared Mr. Biden’s victory despite Mr. Trump as president asking his deputy to deny this authentication.
Ms. Harris tapped her gavel to confirm Mr. Trump’s victory
The Republican Party also won control of both houses of Congress, providing the necessary support for President-elect Trump to promote his work agenda after returning to the White House. In the latest move after being elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mr. Mike Johnson is implementing an ambitious strategy to respond to Mr. Trump’s request to pass his agenda with “a large and gorgeous”.
Newspaper The Hillquoted Mr. Johnson announcing that the new bill would include provisions on border security, energy, manufacturing and tax policy. The bill also requires raising the public debt ceiling and aims to be passed by the House of Representatives as early as the first week of April.
However, observers are skeptical about the possibility of completion according to the schedule set by President Johnson, because the Republicans currently only hold a narrow majority of 219-215 over the Democrats. This majority is expected to be further shortened in the coming months when two members must resign to join Mr. Trump’s new administration.
In another development, New York court judge Juan Merchan on January 6 rejected Mr. Trump’s request to postpone the trial on January 10, which is expected to have an official verdict on the hush money payment case against the former actor. adult films before the 2016 US election, according to Reuters. The bar association representing Mr. Trump also tried to block the publication of special prosecutor Jack Smith’s complete report on allegations of interference in the 2020 election results.
Tencent, CATL on the Pentagon’s “black list”.
Yesterday (Vietnam time), the US Department of Defense announced the addition of Chinese technology giants, including Tencent and battery manufacturer CATL, to the list of companies working for the Chinese military, according to Reuters. Tencent is the operator of the WeChat “super application” that operates across gaming platforms, content delivery and cloud computing services. CATL produces more than 1/3 of electric car batteries worldwide, and is used for electric vehicle models of many famous brands, from Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Volkswagen, Toyota, Honda to Hyundai. Shares of the two companies fell sharply in yesterday’s trading session after the above announcement.
