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Congress has officially certified President-elect Donald Trump's 2024 victory.

As NPR's Barbara Spunt explains, it was a smooth and orderly process,

a stark contrast to four years ago when throngs of Trump supporters shorm the Capitol in a violent

attempt to overthrow the election results.

As president of the Senate, it was the duty of Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost the

election to Trump, to oversee the proceedings certifying his win

and announce the final tally, 312 to 226. Unlike four years ago, there were no objections to any

state's election results during the hour-long joint session of Congress, a return to what's

normally a mundane, bureaucratic process of members fulfilling their constitutional duty to formally

certify the final count of electoral votes. There was a standing ovation after Harris concluded

the certification. The only time members on both sides of the aisle clapped together. Barbara

Sprint and Pier News, the Capitol. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation as Dan Carpenshock reports.

Trudeau's faced a tide of unpopularity over the past year, even within his own liberal party.

Trudeau says he will stay on as Prime Minister until a new leader is chosen.

He says early this morning he told the Governor General that a new session of Parliament is needed, which he has granted. And the House will now be prorogued until March 24th. That will give the party time to

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