A joint session of Congress has begun the final steps of counting the Electoral College votes that will officially make Joe Biden the next president. usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
Vice President Mike Pence said he concluded, after “a careful study of the Constitution,” that he doesn’t’ have the sole power to accept or reject electoral votes. Instead, he said, his role is “ministerial.”
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Outside the Capitol, where a joint session of Congress is meeting.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., delivered a stern warning to his congressional colleagues against attempting to overturn the 2020 election, saying democracy would enter a "death spiral" if Congress were to reject the counting of electoral votes.
U.S. Capitol locked down as protesters push through fence, breach building. usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
The House and Senate recessed from their session as protesters breached the Capitol and the building locked down. Vice President Mike Pence has been taken to an undisclosed, secure location, according to a source. usatoday.com/story/news/pol… 
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., asked for the National Guard to clear and secure the Capitol, according to a person familiar with the situation not authorized to speak on the record.
U.S. Capitol Police detain protesters outside of the House Chamber.
Protective gear is handed out as protesters storm the Capitol building.
A protester sits in the Senate Chamber after pro-Trump supporters storm the Capitol. 📸: Getty
Rioters seen inside the U.S. Capitol after breeching the building.
As images of protesters storming the U.S. Capitol flashed on television screens across the country on Wednesday, President Donald Trump urged supporters to "stay peaceful."
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Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois
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Vice President Mike Pence
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GOP lawmakers call for Trump to do more about rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol.
Texas Congressman Chip Roy
Texas Congressman Chip Roy
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A Trump supporter sits inside the office of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi after breaching the Capitol Building.
President-elect Biden called the rioting Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol “insurrection” and “chaos,” and he told President Trump to go on national television to urge his supporters to end their siege.
From earlier: Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., comforts Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., while taking cover as protesters disrupted the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote.
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