The House task force on the two assassination attempts of President-elect Trump will gather for its final hearing Thursday ahead of the release of its highly anticipated report.

U.S. Secret Service (USSS) Director Ronald Rowe will testify before lawmakers. Task force members will then huddle behind closed doors to consider their final report.

Chairman Mike Kelly, R-Pa., said the hearing was about restoring confidence in federal law enforcement.

“What we’re working on more than anything else is the public has to know what happened that day because there’s still a lot of confusion about it,” Kelly told Fox News Digital Wednesday.

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“When we look at Secret Service, that’s always the elite of the elite. So, I think what we’re trying to do is establish the situation where … we can restore that confidence.”

Trump held a rally in Kelly’s district July 13, when a 20-year-old gunman opened fire on the event from just outside its security perimeter, injuring Trump and others. One rally attendee was killed. 

Later in September, USSS agents opened fire on a 58-year-old man who had a rifle aimed at Trump’s Palm Beach, Florida, golf course where the president-elect was out for the day.

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U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe will testify Thursday. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

The incidents prompted heavy scrutiny of the USSS and its security practices and led to the ouster of USSS Director Kimberly Cheatle.

And while Kelly admitted he “would have rather had” Cheatle testify before his task force, he praised Rowe’s handling of the situation since succeeding her. 

“From the very start, he said, ‘Look, it was entirely our fault. This is the worst state the Secret Service has ever had,’” he said. 

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A video from James Copenhaver, one of the victims critically wounded in a July 13 assassination attempt on Donald Trump, shows a figure moving across a rooftop just minutes before gunfire rang out at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pa. (James Copenhaver)

Kelly said he anticipated the final report being released around Dec. 13, the task force’s “due date” for producing the results of its investigation.

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The panel released an interim report in late October detailing “a lack of planning and coordination between the Secret Service and its law enforcement partners before the rally.”

USSS personnel at the event “did not give clear guidance” to state and local authorities about how to manage security outside their hard perimeter, nor was there a central meeting between USSS and the law enforcement agencies supporting them the morning of the rally, according to findings presented as key failures in the 51-page report.

Security was ramped up for the annual lighting of the Rockefeller Center’s iconic Christmas tree Wednesday evening, hours after a masked gunman shot and killed UnitedHealthcare’s CEO outside a midtown Manhattan hotel just a few blocks away. 

Chief of Department Jeffrey B. Maddrey said there would be a “massive presence” of police, including additional officers in the subway.

“This is a terrible event, but people are going to go on and enjoy the tree lighting tonight,” he said.

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UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed at close range outside the Hilton Hotel Wednesday morning. 

This undated photo provided by UnitedHealth Group shows UnitedHealthcare chief executive officer Brian Thompson. (AP Photo/UnitedHealth Group )

In the chilling video obtained by Fox News Digital, Thompson is seen walking down a New York City sidewalk when a masked man wearing a black hooded jacket and a backpack fatally shoots Thompson before fleeing the scene on a bike, disappearing into Central Park. 

The suspect was still at large as of Thursday morning. 

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The violence didn’t stop crowds from attending New York City’s annual tradition later in the evening. Fifty-thousand multicolored lights illuminated the iconic tree to cheers from the gathering crowds. 

A New York police officer keeps watch at Rockefeller Center before the start of the Rockefeller Center tree lighting ceremony, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

The giant Norway spruce, which this year hails from a tiny Massachusetts town, is also topped with a Swarovski star crown featuring 3 million crystals.

The 74-foot-high tree was cut down last month in West Stockbridge and trucked to Rockefeller Plaza. Wednesday night’s ceremony marked the culmination of the tree’s long journey to New York, which began in 2020 when the center’s head gardener spotted the tree and asked its owners if they’d consider donating it.

A pedestrian stops for a security check on 51st Street upon arriving at Rockefeller Center for the Christmas tree lighting ceremony, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

The famous holiday attraction, located above the Rockefeller Center ice skating rink, will be on view through mid-January. On Christmas Day, the tree will be lit for 24 hours.

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Once the holiday season is over, the tree will be used for lumber for Habitat for Humanity.

Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Simone Biles is an elite athlete and one of the greatest gymnasts of all time, but she recently admitted she struggled to get through a workout.

Biles apparently took some time off after she won her fifth, sixth and seventh Olympic gold medals earlier this year in Paris. 

But she recently resumed her workouts. 

According to Biles’ social media account, Pilates was at least part of her first post-Olympics workout, but her experience with the popular exercise was not something she is interested in doing again.

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“First time working out since the olympics,” the superstar gymnast wrote on her Instagram story Wednesday. “This is what I wore to a Pilates class that I will never be attending again! Y’all stay strong out there lmao. It was too hard.”

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Joseph Pilates is credited with developing the exercise. A typical Pilates class involves machines, which use bands and movable benches.

Simone Biles reacts after competing in the floor exercise during the U.S. Gymnastics Championships Aug. 27, 2023, in San Jose, Calif.  (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Exercises focus on Improving flexibility and building muscle strength. When done properly, Pilates has also been known to help lower back and leg muscles.

Simone Biles waits her turn to compete on the balance beam during the U.S. Gymnastics Championships June 4, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Biles has not ruled out competing again in the Olympics.

“Never say never. The next Olympics is at home. So, you just never know. But I am getting really old,” Biles, 27, said in August.

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The Summer Games are scheduled to return to the U.S. in 2028, when athletes from across the globe descend upon Los Angeles. It will mark the first time since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics an American city hosts the summer edition of the Games.

In addition to the three gold medals she earned at the Paris Olympics, Biles also won silver in the floor exercise.

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A Texas family is picking up the pieces after an alleged drunk driver killed their 7-year-old daughter in a devastating crash that also left her mother injured.

Joel Gonzalez Chacin, 41, the suspected drunk driver accused of causing the crash that killed her, appeared in court Tuesday morning. 

He was charged with intoxication manslaughter for the death of Ivory Smith, a 2nd-grade student at Klenk Elementary School in Houston.

The devastating crash also left Smith’s mom, Christina Quainoo, severely injured.

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Authorities confirmed to Fox News Digital that the 41-year-old was intoxicated when he T-boned Christina and her young daughter on Sunday, Dec. 1 at 2:45 a.m.

Police said that Chacin took photographs of the scene of the crash “instead of helping” and then drove off. Police said that the two victims were only a few minutes from home.

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His bond was set at $150,000.00 by the 232nd District Court. 

“Please keep the family and loved ones of the juvenile victim in your prayers this holiday season,” Harris County Constable Mark Herman said in a social media post. 

Ivory Smith, 7, was killed, and her mother was critically injured when authorities say a man allegedly driving drunk crashed into their car.  (GoFundMe)

In a GoFundMe, family remembered 7-year-old Ivory for being full of joy and light.

“Ivory brought so much light into our lives in her short time with us, and we will forever cherish the joy and love she gave so freely,” her family said. 

“As we navigate this profound loss, we are also facing the difficult reality of seeking justice for Ivory,” they said.

The family said that Quainoo has a long round of recovery as she grapples with the devastating loss of her young daughter.

“She will have a long road to recovery and need everyone’s support,” the GoFundMe said. “Please keep our family and the father, Keion Smith, in your prayers during this incredibly difficult time.”

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Fox News Digital has reached out to the Houston Police Department for comment.

A Russian national and legal resident of the United States was taken into FBI custody at JFK International airport today after stowing away on a Delta Airline flight to Paris last month, according to the FBI.

Svetlana Dali, 57, made national news when she, without having valid travel documents to enter France, managed to evade TSA check points while boarding Delta Flight 264 to Paris without a boarding pass on November 26. 

“TSA can confirm that an individual without a boarding pass completed security screening (including on-person and bags) without any prohibited items. The individual bypassed two identity verification and boarding status stations and boarded the aircraft,” a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) spokesperson told Fox News Digital. 

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Dali was discovered when a flight attendant realized she was occupying the plane’s bathroom for an unusually long time.

The incident is under investigation by federal authorities. 

Svetlana Dali, 57, made national news when she, without having valid travel documents to enter France, managed to evade TSA check points boarding Delta Flight 264 to Paris without a boarding pass on Tuesday. (Photo by Massimo Insabato/Archivio Massimo Insabato/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

Fox News Digital has reached out to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York for additional information.

“Nothing is of greater importance than matters of safety and security,” Delta told Fox News Digital. “That’s why Delta is conducting an exhaustive investigation of what may have occurred and will work collaboratively with other aviation stakeholders and law enforcement to that end.”

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Fox News Digital’s Chris Pandolfo contributed to this report.

Authorities are still investigating mysterious drone activity observed several times in northern New Jersey in recent days, including the vicinity of President-elect Trump’s Bedminster golf club.

Multiple videos show drones flying in Somerset and Morris counties over the past few weeks, including Dec. 1 and Dec. 3. In a video from Nov. 25, a Morris County resident named Mike Walsh spotted drones flying over Black River Middle School in Chester.

“I can see three drones right in this view,” Walsh says in the video. “I see them coming right this way.”

The Morris County border is two miles north of Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, which is located in Somerset County. Drone sightings were also spotted in Bernardsville, Mendham and Parsippany, among other Garden State towns.

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On Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed to Fox News Digital that an unusual drone was spotted in northern and central New Jersey skies Nov. 18. 

In response, the FAA issued two temporary flight restrictions. One of the flight restrictions involves the airspace above the Trump property and is in place until the end of this week.

“At the request of federal security partners, the FAA published two temporary flight restrictions (TFRs) prohibiting drone flights over Picatinny Arsenal Military Base and Trump National Golf Club Bedminster,” the agency said. 

The flight restriction affecting Picatinny Arsenal, a U.S. Army research center, will last until Dec. 26.

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A drone was seen over North Jersey Tuesday. (Nicholas Lordi)

“Safely integrating drones into the National Airspace System is a key priority for the FAA,” the FAA told Fox News Digital. “We look into all reports of unauthorized drone operations and investigate when appropriate.”

The Morris County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to Fox News Digital Wednesday it was investigating the incident in tandem with other agencies. Fox News Digital reached out to the FBI Newark field office, the New Jersey State Police and the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office for additional information.

Trump National Golf Club before a speech by former President Trump in Bedminster, N.J., June 13, 2023. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Authorities are actively investigating the incident.

Fox News Digital’s Charles Creitz contributed to this report.

Fox News host Sean Hannity tears into the Biden administration’s policies and actions in the final weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on “Hannity.”

SEAN HANNITY: Everything the Biden administration is now doing in these final weeks is all designed to obstruct the policies that the American people voted for. 

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They’re not trying to improve the country. They’re not doing it to make your life better. They want to make Donald Trump’s job harder and try to stop his agenda. The radical left got destroyed in November. For them, everything is about politics. It is about power. 

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They don’t care about the quality of your life. They lie to you about the economy. They lied to you about borders. They told you the world was safe and secure – the Afghanistan withdrawal was just great, while pretending to be the most virtuous people on the face of the earth.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was slammed on Wednesday after she compared a Tennessee law banning gender transitions for minors to past laws banning interracial marriage.

Jackson and the other justices heard over two hours of oral arguments during the U.S. v. Skrmetti case, which involves the constitutionality of state laws banning gender transition medical procedures for minors.

U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar argued that state laws have the effect of “sex discrimination,” since the minor’s gender is key when determining specific medical treatments for those seeking to transition.

After Prelogar’s remarks and exchanges with the other justices, Jackson said that she saw a “parallel” between U.S. v. Skrmetti and the landmark Loving v. Virginia case in 1967. 

“Interesting to me that you mentioned precedent, because some of these questions about sort of who decides and the concerns and legislative prerogatives, etc., sound very familiar to me,” Jackson said. “They sound in the same kinds of arguments that were made back in the day—50s, 60s—with respect to racial classifications and inconsistencies. I’m thinking in particular about Loving v. Virginia, and I’m wondering whether you thought about the parallels, because I see one as to how this statute operates and how the anti-miscegenation statutes in Virginia operated.”

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Jackson also said there was a “potential comparison” between the Loving case and Skrmetti and wondered if Virginina could have banned interracial marriage by following Tennessee’s reasoning. 

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was picked by President Biden. (Photo by Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via Getty Images) (Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via Getty Images)

Jackson’s comments caused an uproar on social media. 

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Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., called Jackson’s statements an embarrassment to the Supreme Court.

“Yes, because banning a white person from marrying a black person is the same thing as cutting off a 10-year-old’s gen*tals,” co-owner of Trending Politics Collin Rugg said.

“How can someone who doesn’t know what a woman is rule on a case involving gender?” one commentator posted, referring to Jackson’s confirmation hearing when she was asked to define what a woman is and wasn’t able to. 

The Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti told Fox News Digital that GOP officials refusing to abide by the Biden administration’s revisions to Title IX “undermines the rule of law.”

“Supreme Court Mad Libs,” said Greg Scott, senior vice president of communications for Alliance Defending Freedom. “We are living in unserious times,” he added.

Fox News’ Shannon Bream and Bill Mears contributed to this report.