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January 6, 2021

Mitch McConnell to rebuke GOP challenge to certify Electoral College vote

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is expected to rebuke the GOP challenge to certify the Electoral College results for President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday, sources tell Fox News. If so, it would be his first public statement against President Trump's supporters in Congress on the matter. 

January 6, 2021

Electoral College objections in Congress: What to know

The House and Senate will convene at 1 p.m. Wednesday for a joint session of Congress to certify President-elect Joe Biden's electoral win, and a group of GOP lawmakers intends to raise objections to the results. 

January 6, 2021

Pelosi says Schiff, 3 others to lead Dems in Electoral College certification challenges

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Tuesday announced the four congress members who will lead Democrats during the expected challenges and debate in the joint session of congress to certify President-elect Joe’s Biden Electoral College win Wednesday.

January 5, 2021

A viewers guide to Wednesday’s congressional certification of the presidential election

A viewers guide to Wednesday’s joint session of Congress, to formally certify last month’s Electoral College vote in the 2020 presidential election.

January 5, 2021

Trump slams McConnell, Cornyn, Thune as 'weak and ineffective' RINOs ahead of Electoral College certification

President Trump slammed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and GOP Sens. John Cornyn and John Thune as “weak and ineffective” RINOs ahead of the Jan. 6 certification of the presidential election.

January 5, 2021

Sen. Tim Scott 'grateful' for Trump, but opposes GOP colleagues' electoral vote challenge

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., thanked President Trump for his service and accomplishments, but came out against plans from some of his Republican colleagues to challenge electoral votes from several states when they are counted at Wednesday's joint session of Congress.

January 5, 2021

Trump puts pressure on Pence ahead of election showdown in Congress

President Trump is turning up the heat on Vice President Mike Pence on the eve of a joint session of Congress that is all but certain to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory over Trump. But regardless of the president’s turning up the volume on his vice president, White House officials tell Fox News that Pence will “follow the law” on Wednesday.

January 5, 2021

Proud Boys leader to appear in court as DC preps for pro-Trump rallies, Electoral College certification

Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio was arrested in Washington, D.C. Monday for allegedly burning a Black Lives Matter banner outside a historic Black church during demonstrations last month.

January 4, 2021

Kurtz: Electoral College challenges will result in 'badly divided' Republican Party

The Republican Electoral College challenge -- once dismissed by the media as a fringe effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election -- has grown into a significant movement.

January 4, 2021

Democratic lawmakers want criminal investigation into Trump call with Georgia election officials

The FBI has confirmed to Fox News that it has received a letter from Reps. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., and Kathleen Rice, D-N.Y., which calls on Director Christopher Wray to open a criminal investigation into President Trump's Jan. 2 phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.