House Republicans subpoenaed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis Friday over her office's potential misuse of federal funds. The subpoena was delivered just prior to Willis' admission in a court filing that she has been involved in a relationship with a married man whom she ultimately appointed top prosecutor on former President Donald Trump's Georgia election interference case. The subpoena and the home-wrecking admission both come on the heels of the Georgia Senate taking "the first...

State Rep. John Rogers (D-Birmingham) will face additional charges of mail fraud‚ wire fraud and obstruction of justice in the ever-growing scandal surrounding a youth baseball kickback scheme that has already seen one state lawmaker resign his position. Rogers was on one count of obstructing justice and one count of obstruction by bribery in September 2023‚ following a fraud investigation involving a public works fund in Jefferson County. Both former State Rep. Fred Plump‚ Jr. (D-Fairfield)...

Joe Rogan has secured a new multiyear deal with streaming giant Spotify. The new agreement would allow the popular “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast to be distributed across various platforms including YouTube‚ Amazon‚ and Apple. This a change from the previous deal’s terms‚ which made the show exclusive to the music streaming service. “Spotify will work closely with Joe and his team to continue to maximize the audience of the show across platforms‚” the company said in a prepared statement....

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US District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday canceled the planned March 4 trial she’d set for Donald Trump ’s election-obstruction case in Washington and said she’d set a new date when a federal appeals court decides his immunity claim. The criminal case is one of four the former president faces as he campaigns to return to the White House in the November presidential election.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued five Texas cities – Austin‚ Elgin‚ Denton‚ San Marcos and Killeen – over ordinances decriminalizing marijuana the cities approved in 2022. Paxton said the ordinances violated Texas laws‚ labelling officials who run the cities as “pro-crime extremists.” Matthew Watkins‚ managing editor for news and politics at the Texas Tribune‚ said the move seems part of an initiative within the state GOP targeting municipalities who implement policies outside the...

Embattled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis admitted to having a “personal relationship” with lead prosecutor Nathan Wade but says this shouldn’t warrant tossing out the charges against former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants. “In 2022‚ District Attorney Willis and I developed a personal relationship in addition to our professional association and friendship‚” Wade wrote in an affidavit released by Willis’ office in court papers they filed Friday. But the filing...

Fulton County‚ Ga.‚ District Attorney Fani Willis (D) acknowledged developing a “personal relationship” with the top prosecutor in former President Trump’s Georgia criminal case in a new court filing Friday‚ but she said it was no reason for her to step aside.  Trump co-defendant Michael Roman last month first accused Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade of having romantic ties‚ claiming it rendered the far-reaching Georgia...

The U.S. has begun retaliatory strikes on Middle East targets from multiple platforms‚ a U.S Defense official has told Fox News.  The strikes are in response to the deaths of three U.S. service members last Sunday on a U.S. base in Jordan.   The fallen troops were Sgt. William Jerome Rivers‚ 46; Spc. Kennedy Landon Sanders‚ 24; and Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett‚ 23‚ all of whom were from Georgia.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) admitted she had a personal relationship with an outside prosecutor she appointed to manage the election interference case against former president Donald Trump and his allies but denied claims that the relationship had tainted the proceedings. In a 176-page court filing on Friday‚ Willis called the claims against her “meritless” and “salacious.” She asked a judge to reject motions from Trump and other co-defendants that...