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Kenya's senate holds its first session on Thursday after the country's Supreme Court upheld William Ruto's victory in the election in August. IMAGES
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday placed the blame for the attack on the Capitol firmly at the feet of President Donald Trump. CNN reports the Kentucky Republican said on the Senate floor that Trump 'provoked' the violent insurrectionists on January 6th. The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the President and other powerful people. US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell McConnell's comments came as the Senate prepares to hold an impeachment trial over the House's charge of 'incitement of insurrection.' He said the despite the violence, Congress did its duty by certifying the victory of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
Democrat Jon Ossoff won the Georgia Senate runoff election against the Republican Sen. David Perdue. This win makes Ossoff the youngest Democratic senator elected since President-elect Joe Biden in 1973. The 33-year-old Ossoff is also the first millennial elected to Senate. According to Business Insider, Biden, now 78, won his first Senate seat in Delaware at the age of 30. Previously, the youngest incumbent senator was the Republican Sen. Josh Hawley, 41.
"Georgia, thank so much for the confidence you have placed in me," Democrat Jon Ossoff says in a televised statement, as he claims victory in the second of two run-off votes. The win would give President-elect Joe Biden control of the United States' Senate. The US media have not yet called the race, and Ossoff's Republican opponent David Perdue has not conceded. SOUNDBITE
Ballots start to be counted at Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Fulton County, after polls closed at 7pm for the crucial US Senate runoff races that will determine control of the chamber for the first years of Joe Biden's presidency. Fulton County is home to Georgia's capital and most populous city Atlanta. IMAGES