The US Senate has resumed debating the Republican challenge against Democrat Joe Biden's presidential election victory, just hours after four people died in riots as pro-Trump mobs attacked the Capitol.
The House of Representatives on Thursday morning rejected an objection to the electoral votes of Pennsylvania, after earlier voting to throw out a similar objection for Arizona.
It comes after outgoing president Donald Trump falsely insisted the election was marred by fraud and that he actually won.
He reiterated those claims in remarks to thousands of protesters outside the White House early on Wednesday and goaded them to march to the Capitol, which many of them did.
Four people died on the US Capitol grounds during the mayhem, while 52 others were arrested.
The storming of Capitol Hill prompted calls by some politicians to remove Mr Trump from office using the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution before president-elect Mr Biden is sworn in on 20 January.
Twitter also suspended Mr Trump’s account for 12 hours and threatened to ban him after he posted several tweets that were flagged for inciting violence, including calling rioters “great patriots”.
