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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 25: Joy-Ann Reid speaks onstage during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation annual Legislative Conference National Town Hall at Walter E. Washington Convention Center on September 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Congressional Black Caucus Foundation )

Joy Reid shares video claiming ‘Jingle Bells’ is a racist song written as a ‘mockery of Black people’

Former MSNBC host Joy Reid shared a viral video on social media that claims the beloved Christmas song “Jingle Bells” is rooted in racism and was written “as a mockery of Black people.”

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Transgender New Hampshire state Rep. Stacie Laughton pleads guilty to sexually exploiting children

Former New Hampshire Democrat Rep. Stacie Laughton, a biological male originally named Barry Charles Laughton Jr. who now identifies as a transgender woman, recently pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the sexual exploitation of children.

Ted Docks, Special Agent in Charge Federal Bureau of Investigation Boston Division, speaks to reporters during an announcement of the arrest of two people in the November 1, 2025 explosions at Harvard University’s Medical School campus, along with Denis Downing, Interim Chief of the Harvard University Police Department, and Leah Foley, United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, at the federal courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., November 4, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

FBI arrests 2 in Harvard medical school explosion case

Authorities in Massachusetts say two young men have been taken into federal custody in connection with an overnight explosion inside a locker at a Harvard Medical School research building.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: An EBT sign is displayed on the window of a grocery store on October 30, 2025 in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and other assistance are set to stop on November 1st amid a federal government shutdown that has been going on for 29 days and is the second-longest shutdown in the nation's history. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency for extra emergency funds and personnel to be deployed, as SNAP payments will be suspended. About 42 million Americans are expected to lose access to their benefits. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Bessent suggests SNAP food benefits may resume by Wednesday

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits could resume as early as Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 9: An exterior view of the U.S. Capitol on September 9, 2024 in Washington, DC. Members of the Senate and U.S. House of Representatives return to the Nation's capitol, following their August recess. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Judges order Trump admin. to pay for SNAP benefits using contingency funds during government shutdown

Two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to utilize contingency funds to pay for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) amid the government shutdown.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey speaks on stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 22, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Delegates, politicians, and Democratic Party supporters are gathering in Chicago, as current Vice President Kamala Harris is named her party's presidential nominee. The DNC takes place from August 19-22. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) / LaMar Cook, Western Mass. liaison for Gov. Maura Healey. Photo: Courtesy Massachusetts Governor's Office

Massachusetts gov. aide charged with drug trafficking after police found 46 lbs of cocaine

Massachusetts Democrat Governor Maura Healey’s former staffer, LaMar Cook, was arrested and charged with drug trafficking after cocaine deliveries were intercepted, allegedly headed to Cook’s workplace.