(L) KANSAS CITY, KS - OCTOBER 03: Greg Biffle, driver of the #16 3M Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Price Chopper 400 on October 3, 2010 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by John Harrelson/Getty Images for NASCAR) / (R-Top) FORT WORTH, TX - APRIL 16: Greg Biffle, driver of the #27 Redman Moist Snuff Ford, sits on the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR Nationwide Series O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 16, 2010 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by John Harrelson/Getty Images for NASCAR) / (R-Bottom) Photo screenshot taken via video obtained by UK Press.

Family friend: Fmr NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his family among 7 fatalities in N.C. private jet crash

A private jet registered to a company linked to former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle crashed and erupted into flames on Thursday morning at Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina, authorities confirmed, resulting in seven fatalities, according to a reputable source who spoke with CNN.

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(B) Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) questions Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, alongside Chairman Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) (L) and fellow committee members, during a hearing in the Cannon House Office Building on December 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee convened to hear testimony from top national security officials on potential worldwide threats. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (R) U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security in the Cannon House Office Building on December 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee convened to hear testimony from top national security officials on potential worldwide threats. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Democrat Rep. Thompson slammed by Noem after downplaying D.C. Nat’l Guardsmen shooting as ‘unfortunate accident’: ‘It was a terrorist attack’

Mississippi’s sole Democrat representative, Bennie Thompson, referred to the November 26th shooting of two West Virginia National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C., as an “unfortunate accident” during a hearing on Thursday, seemingly downplaying the horrific incident that shocked the nation.

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