‘Effectively Dead’: Fani Willis’s Case Against Trump Is Toast After Appeals Court Ruling, Lawyers Say

Other prosecutors unlikely to relitigate case that Trump’s attorney says ‘should have never been brought’ Fani Willis (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis’s case against President-elect Donald Trump is “effectively dead,” according to legal experts, after a Georgia appeals court disqualified her from the investigation in a Thursday ruling. The court disqualified

Senators of Both Parties Have Mixed Reactions to RFK Jr.’s Nomination

Republicans and Democrats are concerned about Kennedy’s views on issues including vaccinations, pesticides, and abortion. WASHINGTON—Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is President-elect Donald Trump’s intended nominee to be secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), has spent the week meeting with U.S. senators to seek their support for his confirmation. So far, across senators from

Republicans Float Elon Musk for Speaker Amid Funding Deal Collapse

The details of a new bill have not yet been released. Amid the ongoing backlash over congressional leaders’ controversial spending deal, some Republican lawmakers are voicing support for replacing embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) with Elon Musk. “The Speaker of the House need not be a member of Congress …” Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)

House Rejects Alternative Government Funding Proposal

The new deal was negotiated after Trump opposed a previous bill. WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives on Dec. 19 voted down an alternative plan to fund the government with just over 24 hours until a government shutdown begins. In a 174–235 vote, lawmakers rejected the proposal. That included almost all Democrats and a slate of conservative

WATCH: Whoopi Goldberg Suggests Musk and Vance Want to Assassinate Trump, Blames Cat in Apology 

‘The thing about this show: There is no way not to step in poo,’ Goldberg says The View’s Whoopi Goldberg apologized on-air Thursday after suggesting Vice President-elect J.D. Vance and Elon Musk want to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump by tripping him downstairs. “Hey, you know who: stay away from the stairways,” Goldberg said to laughter.