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'Devastated': NASCAR legend Greg Biffle and family dead in plane crash in North Carolina

NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, his wife, Cristina, and their children were killed in a plane crash on Thursday in North Carolina.

Biffle and his family were on board a private jet when the plane crashed and burst into flames at an airport in Statesville, North Carolina, at about 10:20 a.m. ET, where low clouds, rain and poor visibility were reported.

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'More anxious': Republicans in panic mode after Trump's lackluster address backfires

Republicans were shocked by President Donald Trump's finger-pointing and have questioned what's next after his lackluster primetime speech.

White House insiders and GOP lawmakers were reacting to responses to Trump's speech, CNN senior White House correspondent Kristen Holmes told viewers Thursday.

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'There's a lot of angst': CNN analyst finds freaked out Republicans heading home for Xmas

A CNN analyst revealed on Thursday that Republicans in Congress are feeling "a lot of angst" about being sent home ahead of the Christmas holiday.

On Wednesday, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced that he is closing the House of Representatives for the holiday season starting on Thursday, the day before the Department of Justice is supposed to release more of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Johnson dismissed lawmakers at a time when Republicans and Democrats have teamed up on a series of discharge petitions to force votes on federal health care subsidies and other issues.

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Noem lashes out at 'demonstrably false' report on Coast Guard's swastika policy move

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem took to X on Thursday to vehemently deny that the U.S. Coast Guard is loosening restrictions on hate symbols like swastikas and nooses to "potentially divisive," amid a weekslong story of controversial back-and-forths on the policy.

Her statement comes as multiple Senate Democrats, including Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV), have placed a block on the promotion of Adm. James Lunday, a prominent figure within the Coast Guard. In response to the original reporting, he denounced these hate symbols and promised nothing less than a total prohibition on them — but then the Coast Guard appeared to move forward with the "potentially divisive" guidance anyway, blindsiding lawmakers who had been promised the issue was settled.

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'How stupid': Trump official buried in mockery after Fox host confronts him on 'hyperbole

Even Fox News is skeptical of claims coming from President Donald Trump's administration, according to one recent exchange on the conservative network.

During a Thursday interview with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Fox host John Roberts pointed out that Trump's claim during his Wednesday night address that he had lowered prescription drug prices by up to 600 percent was "mathematically impossible."

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‘Get this guy some help’: Analyst says Trump’s ‘manic episode’ shows it’s time to go

An analyst on Thursday suggested it might be time for President Donald Trump to go.

David Rothkopf, columnist for The Daily Beast, said that Trump's primetime speech Wednesday night was troubling and had the "demented energy of one of Hitler’s Nuremberg rallies." And despite that, his "Adderall-infused rant" was "mercifully short," but it didn't remove the chaos of his current term.

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'Next AG will prosecute': Pam Bondi put on notice of legal reckoning ahead of Epstein drop

WASHINGTON — A rebel House Republican openly questioned top Trump administration officials on Thursday about their handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files after House Democrats released dozens of new photos from Epstein's estate, amid anticipation for a Justice Department file dump on Friday.

These images included disturbing quotes from Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita" written on a woman's body, alongside other unclear-context photos of Epstein and redacted women. The novel contains the theme of an adult man's obsession with a 12-year-old girl, mirroring allegations against Epstein.

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'Increasingly ignored' Mike Johnson 'weaker than ever' as Republicans move on: analysis

Democratic strategist Max Burns argued House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is showing all the signs of an ex-leader.

“Increasingly ignored and overruled by his own caucus, Johnson will enter the new year with none of the influence and power traditionally associated with the speakership,” Burns wrote in a Thursday analysis for MS NOW. “If 2025 proved to be a headache for him, 2026 is shaping up to be a migraine.”

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Warrant obtained in Brown University shooting after suspect identified: reports

Providence police have reportedly obtained a warrant after identifying a suspect in the recent shooting at Brown University.

Sources confirmed to The New York Post and Fox News that a suspect had been identified. The person's name was not immediately available.

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Shocking new target floated in Trump's rebrand crusade: 'Makes Stalin look humble'

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's handpicked board of trustees voted on Thursday to add Trump's name to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, while allegedly muting the objections of Democratic members of the board and likely in violation of federal law that named the Kennedy Center by statute.

Democratic lawmakers reacted to the news with disgust and dismissal, telling Raw Story the rename will not stick and will be reversed swiftly when they retake power in Washington.

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'Mathematically impossible': Fox News host busts Trump's lie about 600% cut to drug costs

Fox News host John Roberts told White House aide Howard Lutnick that President Donald Trump's claim of cutting drug prices by 600% was "mathematically impossible."

"I'm going to ask you about the reality versus the perception," Roberts said the day after Trump's speech to the nation. "Because some of them were just mathematically impossible."

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'Hasn't kept his word': Trump voters increasingly 'unhappy with him' in vital swing state

Voters of President Donald Trump in North Carolina are widely blaming the president for the economy’s poor performance — and this will likely affect Republicans in the midterms, Paige Masten, deputy opinion editor for The Charlotte Observer, wrote this week.

“Of the 14 participants in the focus group, just three of them approve of [Trump’s] job performance, and 12 of them are more worried about the economy than they were when Trump took office. All of them voted for Trump in 2024,” Masten said.

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'Punked': Ali G ridicules Trump with fake business pitch in resurfaced video

A newly resurfaced video shows spoof interviewer Ali G ridiculing now-President Donald Trump with a hysterical business pitch back in 2003.

The revived footage from British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's satirical character was shared by X account Time Capsule Tales. It shows a "bizarre classic" interview with the then-businessman Trump, captured the same year that Trump reportedly sent a raunchy birthday letter to late financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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