I'm DailyWire editor-in-chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, December 31st, New Year's Eve,

and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update. Plea deals for the three terrorists involved in the

September 11th attacks are back in play. A military appeals court ruled yesterday that

defense secretary Lloyd Austin

overstepped his authority when he voided the agreements for the men. The deals take the death

penalty off the table in exchange for guilty pleas and life sentences. Prosecutors hope the deals

will end pretrial delays that have stretched on for over a decade. While the Pentagon hasn't commented,

Austin could still appeal the ruling. Puerto Rico's power grid collapsed early this morning,

leaving the vast majority of the island without electricity. As reported by Reuters,

Energy Distribution Company Luma Energy says that around 90% of its clients were without power this

morning and that it will likely take 24 to 48 hours to get it back up and running.

Luma said that preliminary findings point to a failure in an underground line.

That failure reportedly impacted power company genera as well.

Meanwhile, Puerto Rico's governor says his administration is

demanding answers and solutions from Luma and Janera. Donald Trump lost his appeal in the $5 million

defamation case brought by E. Gene Carroll. Daily Wire reporter, Amanda Prestoacamo,

has details of the case.

Yesterday, the second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury's decision from May of 2023 that Trump defamed Carol by calling her allegations of sexual abuse a hoax,

statements the court found false and damaging to her reputation.

The original case stemmed from Carol's claim that Trump

assaulted her in a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s, an accusation that Trump has

repeatedly denied. The jury did not find Trump liable for rape, but concluded that he was

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