Senator David Perdue and Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff will have a runoff election in January in a crucial Senate race that could determine which party wins the majority.
The United States Congress is due to meet on Wednesday to make the Electoral College tally official and certify Mr Joe Biden's victory in what is largely a ceremonial session.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Eleven Senate Republicans on Saturday announced that they would vote for objections to the Electoral College results come Wednesday when the US Congress convenes in a joint session to formally count the vote. The senators called on the US Congress to appoint an Electoral Commission to conduct an emergency 10-day audit of the election returns in disputed states. According to The Hill, GOP (Grand Old Party another slang for the Republican Party) Senators Ted Cruz, Ron Johnson, James Lankford, Steve Daines, John Kennedy, Marsha Blackburn and Mike Braun and Senators-elect Cynthia Lummis, Roger Marshall, Bill Hagerty and Tommy Tuberville said in a joint statement that they will vote against accepting the election results until there is a 10-day audit.
New Delhi [India] January 2 (ANI): Rob Leathern, Facebook's chief of advertising integrity, who handled the company's ad products, stepped down on Friday after serving the company for four years.