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FBI Director Kash Patel's still in the White House's good graces ... his boss in Washington isn't concerned about some ongoing scandalous headlines.

Here's the deal ... Patel's been under the microscope after reports revealed he'd taken an FBI jet for personal use, flying to see his girlfriend sing the national anthem at a pro wrestling event in Pennsylvania in October.

Patel and Alexis Wilkins then hopped back onto the plane and flew to Nashville, where Patel dropped her off. Not exactly official business ... which Patel used to criticize his predecessor about.

Patel also reportedly utilized an FBI SWAT team as security for Wilkins at an event in spring, according to The New York Times.

MS Now published a report Tuesday about President Donald Trump and his advisors considering giving Patel the boot ... describing Patel as "being on thin ice."

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt labeled the MS Now report "fake news" Tuesday.

Leavitt wrote on X Trump laughed when he heard about the MS Now story, and he even called in Patel to take a photo, with both of them grinning and flashing thumbs-ups.

While pardoning turkeys at the White House Tuesday, Trump said Patel is "doing a great job" in his role, USA Today reports.

Several Democratic members of Congress say they're the targets of an FBI probe following a controversial video they released last week urging military service personnel to be aware of their duty to refuse un-Constitutional and unlawful orders from their superiors.

Representatives Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander, and Chrissy Houlahan issued a joint statement Tuesday saying President Donald Trump is using the FBI as "a tool to intimidate and harass" them.

They wrote the FBI had contacted them -- as well as Senators Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin -- to request interviews. They said they won't back down from "intimidation or harassment."

A competitive bodybuilder has been stripped of her world championship title after it was discovered she was born a male.

Jammie Booker was crowned the World's Strongest Woman during the Official Strongman Games World Championship in Arlington, Texas last weekend.

But event organizers posted a statement on social media Tuesday announcing they've been notified Booker was born a male and identifies as a female -- which violates the contest's rules.

Donald Trump never misses an opportunity to talk smack about his political rivals ... he went after Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi while pardoning a pair of turkeys at the White House Tuesday.

The president was addressing the crowd at the event when he took shots at the Democrats. He said he was thinking about renaming the turkeys -- Gobble and Waddle -- "Chuck and Nancy" instead.

He chuckled and said he changed his mind after realizing he would never pardon either one of his political foes.

Maria De La Rosa -- also known as DELAROSA -- had a promising singing career lined up, boosted by her solid social media presence. But her plans came to a sudden halt in November 2025 when she was shot to death in Los Angeles.

We're going to take a look into De La Rosa's background and check out the circumstances surrounding her sudden death.

Sawyer Sweeten left a lasting impression on his fans through his acting work ... and his former "Everybody Loves Raymond" castmates are no exception.

The late actor -- who died by suicide in 2015 when he was just 19 years old -- was remembered fondly by the hit sitcom's surviving cast members during the show's 30th anniversary reunion special, which aired Monday night.

The show's star, Ray Romano, broached the topic by asking Sawyer's siblings Madylin and Sullivan -- both of whom also starred in the sitcom -- for permission to speak about their late brother, which they were okay with, according to the New York Post.

Romano said the show's cast and crew all miss Sawyer ... Sullivan said he tried to focus on the good times he shared with his brother -- many of which happened during filming.

Sullivan said no one thought Sawyer would have chosen to die by suicide. Madylin said she thought it was "important" to bring up her brother's death in any conversation related to the late actor, who portrayed character Geoffrey Barone in the hit sitcom.

She said her family is heavily involved in suicide prevention efforts in memory of her brother.

Madylin said her family received several messages from people whose lives had taken a turn for the better.

It looks like Lemuel Plummer and Scotlynd Ryan have some big plans for their future ... because they just revealed they're having a kid!

The CEO of Zeus Network and the reality television star shared the big news in a joint Instagram post on Monday, which included several photos from what appeared to be a gender reveal party.

They sent a big plume of colored smoke into the air, and it came out pink -- meaning they're having a girl!

Bobbi Althoff made a name for herself by being open with her fans about her personal life ... but even she feels the pressure sometimes.

The influencer posted a video on her TikTok account Sunday and got very candid about dealing with the public's view of her relationship with Tyler Hawkins, which involves dealing with a lot of what she described as "hate comments."

Bobbi says sharing content featuring Tyler means having to read through comment after comment about how she's "ran through."

Bobbi says she wishes she had thicker skin about the comments, but she wants to be realistic with her fans and admits she's only human and can only take so much.

She then pointed out many of the comments were focused on the end of her marriage with her ex-husband, Cory Althoff ... she says she's happy he's moved on with someone else -- and wants her fans to accept her new relationship, too.

ICYMI ... Bobbi and Cory were married from 2020 to 2024, and they welcomed a pair of daughters named Isla and Luca.

Erika Kirk's hug with J.D. Vance at a Turning Point USA event in October raised eyebrows ... but she's downplaying the whole thing.

FYI ... the Vice President and Charlie Kirk's widow hugged it out before she introduced him to the crowd, and she placed her hand on the back of his head -- and he put his hand on her waist for a hot second.

Their interaction set off a huge reaction online, with many people pointing out Erika only lost her husband a few weeks earlier.

"90 Day Fiancé" star Elizabeth Castravet announced the death of her father, Chuck Potthast, in an Instagram post Sunday.

The reality television star wrote her father died two weeks ago and her family's been "completely shattered."

One of Elizabeth's sisters, Rebekah Lichtwerch, also paid tribute to her late father on Instagram, writing her world has been "distorted into a place I don’t understand."

Chuck Potthast -- who appeared in several episodes of "90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?" -- had been open about his struggles with his health ... in one episode of the show, he urged his daughter to patch up her differences with family members.

His family has not yet released the cause of his death.

Chuck posted a health update on Instagram in September, revealing he underwent an 8-hour surgery to repair a hernia and a collapsed stomach.

Chuck took the surgery in stride and jokingly pointed out the procedure left him with a flat stomach.

Chuck Potthast was 64 years old.

Dharmendra, one of Bollywood's most enduring leading men, died in Mumbai on Monday.

The actor's cause of death wasn't released to the public. He'd spent time in and out of the hospital in the weeks prior to his death, according to The New York Times.

Dharmendra appeared in romance films at the start of his career in the 1960s and later branched out into action and comedy-centric projects.

Dharmendra was elected to the lower house of the Indian Parliament in 2004, and later spoke of his regret about getting into politics.

Several of Dharmendra's children followed him into acting, including his sons Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol from his first wife, Prakash Kaur.

He married his frequent costar Hema Malini in 1980, and they welcomed two children, one of whom -- daughter Esha -- became an actress.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to the late actor on X, writing Dharmendra's death marked the "end of an era in Indian cinema."

Dharmendra was 89.

The infomercial pitchman Offer Vince Shlomi -- known to many as the "ShamWow Guy" -- just announced a run for U.S. Congress to represent Texas.

Shlomi revealed his plans to enter politics in an interview with Fox News Digital Sunday ... two days after officially filing his congressional bid.

He's running as a Republican to represent Texas' deeply red 31st Congressional District, which comprises suburbs north of Austin.

Shlomi's is running as part of an effort to "destroy wokeism" and described his candidacy as a political tribute to Charlie Kirk, who Shlomi called the first "woke buster."

He said he's seriously put off by all of the "political infighting" in the United States and just wants to "make America happy."

There are at least five other politicians vying for Congressman John Carter's seat -- and Carter himself is seeking re-election.

Fatima Bosch must be feeling like she's on top of the world right about now ... because she was just named Miss Universe.

Her victory was a bit controversial, as she had a heated exchange with one of the annual pageant's higher-ups -- and her eventual victory was questioned by a portion of the event's fanbase.

We're going to take a look into the background of the beauty pageant winner and see what led up to her being named the newest Miss Universe.

Fatima was born and raised in Teapa, in Mexico's Tabasco state, according to HOLA! USA.

The new Miss Universe was always interested in working in the fashion industry, and she studied fashion and apparel design during her days at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, reports Cosmopolitan.

Fatima told HOLA! she wasn't always keen on entering beauty pageants, and she admitted she used to have "a poor impression" of the events.

However, she eventually got over her aversion, and she was named the Flor de Tabasco 2018 pageant winner.

Fatima was crowned Miss Universe Mexico in September 2025, and she jetted off to Thailand to compete in the Miss Universe competition.

However, she became the subject of intense attention in early November 2025, when she had an altercation with Miss Universe Thailand's director, Nawat Itsaragrisil.

Itsaragrisil was speaking during a sash ceremony and accused Fatima of not participating in a promotional photoshoot ... and he called her a "dummy" ... prompting her to walk out of the room. Several other contestants followed suit in support.

Miss Universe Organization President Raul Rocha Cantu later released a statement about his "great indignation" toward Itsaragrisil for showing a "lack of respect" to Fatima during the ceremony.

Although Fatima remained in the pageant, several judges quit prior to the final crowning ceremony, including the president of the Miss Universe selection committee, Princess Camilla di Borbone delle Due Sicilie.

Fatima won and was officially named Miss Universe on November 21, 2025.

Certain fans of the pageant didn't exactly come out in support of Fatima afterward, and many felt as if fan favorites from Thailand, the Philippines, or Cote d'Ivoire should have won.

President Donald Trump might just be the one to confirm the existence of extraterrestrial life.

That's coming from Dan Farah, who directed the newly released documentary "The Age Of Disclosure," which deals with what he views as a wide-ranging government cover-up of the existence of aliens ... yes, aliens.

The filmmaker told Entertainment Weekly people involved in the production of the documentary believe Trump has "become aware of the base facts" regarding humanity's place in the universe.

Farah said Trump's team is on top of the issue and is actively trying to "decide a course of action" about what to do with all the apparent info regarding aliens.

It's worth noting Trump signed a COVID-19 and government funding bill back in 2020 that included a directive for intelligence agencies to hand an unclassified report on UAPs -- Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena -- to Congress.

However, 47's got plenty of other pressing issues back on Earth to deal with at the moment. When he appeared on the "Joe Rogan Experience" last year he said he'd "never been a believer."

The Trump Administration's overhaul of government departments hasn't been received well by certain groups ... including nurses, who are no longer considered to have obtained professional degrees.

Here's the deal ... the One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes provisions for eliminating the Grad PLUS program, which helps graduate and professional students cover their expenses, and caps Parent PLUS loans, according to Nurse.org, an industry news and career resources website.

The measures were implemented in an effort to reorganize the Repayment Assistance Plan, which includes caps for annual loans for graduate and professional students.

The Department of Education then decided to change what counts as a professional program -- which meant certain individuals wouldn't qualify for the $200,000 aggregate level for professional students.

Nurse practitioners -- among several other professions, including physical therapists -- are deemed not to have obtained professional degrees.

University of Pennsylvania Dean of Nursing Antonia Villarruel told Newsweek the new status is a "serious blow to the health of our nation."

Two men and two children are dead following what police are calling a murder-suicide confrontation in Tiffin, Ohio -- about 90 miles west of Cleveland.

Officers were called to a residence on reports of screaming and gunshots shortly after 6 PM Wednesday, according to the Tiffin Police Department, where they found the four victims with gunshot wounds.

Police say the mother of the two children -- a 7-year-old and a 7-month-old -- went to the suspect's house earlier to move her things out while the suspect -- identified as Ryan Eagon, her husband -- was believed to have been out of town. Dustin Willey -- the 7-year-old's father -- accompanied the woman to help her move.

The two kids were outside. Police say the unidentified woman and Willey heard the older boy cry out when Eagon unexpectedly arrived at the home.

Police say Eagon had a gun and chased Willey, firing several times ... Eagon then shot both children, and turned the gun on himself. He died at the scene. The woman brought the two kids into the house, where officers and paramedics found her. She was unharmed.

The 7-month-old was also pronounced dead at the scene -- that child's father was not identified. The 7-year-old and Dustin Willey were both hospitalized, where they both died.

The incident remains under investigation.