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Rep. Thomas Massie (R‑Ky.) strongly challenged on Thursday President Donald Trump’s claim that the renewed attention on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is a political “hoax,” pointing instead to a diplomatic upheaval in the United Kingdom as proof that there’s more to emerge.

“If it's a hoax, why did the British government just fire their ambassador to the United States? It’s because more is coming out on the Epstein files and they see what's coming down the pike,” Massie told CNN journalist Manu Raju Thursday.

The Carolina Panthers announced on Thursday that the team had fired a communications employee for making "insensitive" social media posts about conservative activist Charlie Kirk's murder, according to a new report.

The Charlotte Observer reported that the employee, Charlie Rock, posted about Kirk's death on his personal Instagram account.

CNN anchor Brianna Keilar was visibly confused as correspondent Randi Kaye described the day's court proceedings in the trial of Ryan Routh, who is charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump at his golf club in West Palm Beach last year while he was on the campaign trail. In particular, Keilar was baffled at how Routh conducted himself in the courtroom.

Routh is representing himself in court, which is being presided over by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, the same Trump-appointed judge who generated intense controversy for burying Trump's own criminal trial over stealing classified documents.

The government of South Korea is issuing a warning to the United States following a massive U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid on a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia that saw hundreds of Korean nationals detained, per The New Republic.

“Under the current circumstances, Korean companies will be very hesitant to make direct investments in the United States,” said South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at a news conference, adding that “Companies will have to worry about whether establishing a local factory in the United States will be subject to all sorts of disadvantages or difficulties,” which “could have a significant impact on future direct investment.”

Reacting to a piece explaining why Massachusetts will lower flags to half-mast until Sunday, one Democratic lawmaker balked at the reason for the tribute on social media.

Following an executive order from Donald Trump, flags were to be lowered to honor the far-right conservative Charlie Kirk, who was shot in the neck and died in Utah on Wednesday.