Senators have confirmed Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States, hours after a deadly siege of the Capitol Building in Washington, DC, by pro-Trump rioters.
Four people were killed, with one woman fatally shot inside the US Capitol Building, while another three people died after suffering “medical emergencies” as the incident unfolded.
The attack at the heart of US democracy has received international condemnation, while former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton have directly blamed Donald Trump’s incendiary and baseless claims of election fraud for the violent scenes.
Mr Trump was suspended from Twitter after he described protesters as “very special”, told them “we love you” and repeated his false assertions over the election in a video message meant to calm the situation.
A raft of administration officials have resigned in wake of the violence, including deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews, first lady Melania Trump’s chief of staff Stephanie Grisham, White House social secretary Rickie Niceta and Mr Trump’s former acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.
