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Elon Musk’s mutant daughter – who the billionaire Tesla owner claims was “killed by the awakened mind virus” – has vowed to leave the US following President-elect Donald Trump’s historic victory. Vivan Gina Wilson, 20, broke off her relationship with her father in 2022, when she applied to change her gender as well as her…
With Donald Trump likely to bring her father Elon Musk with him on his return to the White House, Musk’s transgender daughter Vivienne Gina Wilson has announced plans to leave the US entirely. In a message posted Wednesday on Threads, Wilson said Trump’s landslide victory “confirmed” that she is better off in other, more accepting…
Alito has never publicly discussed his potential retirement, as is customary for justices. But when he was surreptitiously recorded earlier this year, many court observers took notice of his wife’s implication that he might not be on the court much longer. “I want the Sacred Heart of Jesus flag because I have to look across…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has already appointed three justices to the Supreme Court. In his second term, he may have the opportunity to name two more, creating a Supreme Court with a Trump-appointed majority that could last for decades. A decisive result relieves the court of having to wade into electoral disputes. It also…
The Manhattan judge who oversaw Donald Trump’s criminal trial in the “silent money” case is expected to announce next week whether the president-elect’s historic conviction for a crime still stands. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan had already postponed sentencing for more than four months after the election, giving himself until next Tuesday to decide…
Justice Department officials are evaluating how to close the two federal criminal cases against President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office to comply with the department’s long-standing policy that a sitting president cannot be prosecuted, two people familiar with the matter said. NBC News. The latest discussions contradict the legal position taken before the election…
Following his landslide election victory, President-elect Trump is still scheduled to be sentenced in his criminal case in Manhattan later this month, where Judge Juan Merchan will issue his first ruling on whether to dismiss the charges outright following her presidential immunity ruling. Supreme Court earlier this year. Trump was convicted of 34 counts of…
The Social Security Fairness Act goes to a vote in the House of Representatives this month The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote in November on H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act, the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) reported. This legislation proposes to remove two provisions of the Social Security system…
While all eyes were on the election, two members of the House Freedom Caucus went out of their way during Tuesday’s pro forma session to try to overturn a widely supported Social Security bill — and ambushed their leadership once again. In a parliamentary maneuver, Republican Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) requested unanimous consent to put…
