{"id":69676,"date":"2025-01-06T11:36:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T19:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=69676"},"modified":"2025-01-06T11:36:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T19:36:49","slug":"congress-formally-certifies-donald-trump-election-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=69676","title":{"rendered":"Congress formally certifies Donald Trump election win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington, D.C.<\/strong> \u2014 In a historic session, Congress officially certified the results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, confirming Donald J. Trump as the President-elect. The formal certification followed a procedural review of the Electoral College votes and marked the conclusion of the nation&#8217;s closely watched election process.<\/p>\n<p>The joint session of Congress, presided over by Vice President Kamala Harris, affirmed the results amidst significant public and political interest. President-elect Trump, representing the Republican Party, will return to the White House following a highly contested election that underscored divisions across the country.<\/p>\n<p>In his victory speech, Trump expressed gratitude to his supporters and outlined his administration\u2019s key priorities. &#8220;This is a moment for unity and determination,&#8221; he stated. &#8220;We will work tirelessly to deliver results for every American.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The certification process was conducted under intense scrutiny but proceeded without major disruptions. Observers highlighted the importance of upholding democratic norms and respecting the constitutional framework.<\/p>\n<p>President-elect Trump is scheduled to take the oath of office on January 20, 2025, marking the beginning of his second term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2014 In a historic&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69677,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69676\/revisions\/69677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}