WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday is set to preside over the certification of her defeat to Donald Trump four years after he tried to stop the very process that will now return him to the White House. In a video message, Harris described her role as a “sacred obligation” to ensure the peaceful transfer of power.

With her hands clasped before her, the departing vice president had noted that “the peaceful transfer of power” is one of the most fundamental principles of democracy.

Congress has certified Donald Trump as the 2024 presidential election winner without challenge. It's in stark contrast to 2021 violence.

The joint session to certify the 2024 election went off without interruptions as Vice President Kamala Harris made her defeat at the hands of Donald Trump official

Congress’s move Monday to certify Donald Trump’s presidential victory marked the return of a mundane ceremony that will be remembered mostly for what it was not: the rampage of four

There was no drama on Monday as Kamala Harris oversaw the ceremonial certification of her defeat to Donald Trump.

In one of her final acts as the 49th vice president, Kamala Harris oversaw the ceremonial certification of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory — and her soul-crushing loss — in the 2024 election.

The US Congress on Monday certified President-elect Donald Trump's victory in the November 2024 election, peacefully wrapping up a ritual his supporters had tried to prevent in 2021 in the misleading belief that he had been cheated of a win.