Congress convenes to confirm Biden while Trump allies object

Washington • Congress convened Wednesday for an extraordinary joint session to confirm the Electoral College vote won by Joe Biden, in the face of President Donald Trump’s relentless effort to overturn the election and cling to the White House.The typically routine proceeding was anything but, as Trump mounts his desperate attempt to stay in office. Trump’s Republican allies in the House and Senate planned to object to the election results, heeding supporters’ pleas to &ld