A civilian-contracted charter aircraft carrying eight people crashed near the Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site in western Alaska on Thursday, killing two pilots and six passengers, the U.S. military said. All eight people on board died.
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NYTimes – US Financial disclosure forms released by the administration show President Donald Trump gave $45,000 cash holiday gifts to White House aides, including executive assistant Natalie Harp. Reports vary between three and four recipients. The White House described the gifts as personal and legal, citing Trump's practice of giving Christmas gifts to people in his orbit.
Lindsay Clancy's lawyer has asked President Donald Trump to pardon or grant clemency to Clancy, a Massachusetts woman still under state indictment after her murder trial ended in a mistrial. The attorney cited her character and what she has endured. The reports do not explain how a federal pardon would apply to a state case.
NYTimes – US An emergency slide deployed on the new Air Force One while the aircraft was parked on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, delaying President Donald Trump's departure to a Republican convention in Dallas, Texas.
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