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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Trump's Post Attacking Rob Reiner After Stabbing Death Draws Immediate Outrage — The president attributed the killing of Rob Reiner and his wife to “Trump derangement syndrome.” There was no indication that the couple's political beliefs were linked to their deaths.
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Asawin Suebsaeng / Zeteo:
BREAKING: Trump Dances on Rob Reiner's Grave — Even for President Donald Trump, this is sickening. — On Sunday, news broke that acclaimed Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found stabbed to death in their Los Angeles estate.
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Axios:
Republican lawmakers slam Trump's “inappropriate” posts on Rob Reiner — President Trump is being condemned by both right wing and centrist Republican members of Congress for posting that director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were killed due to “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
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Laura Esposito / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Turns on Trump Over Deranged Rob Reiner Post — GONE TOO FAR — The president managed to make even a grisly murder about himself. — Even some of Donald Trump's most devoted followers recoiled at his suggestion that Hollywood director Rob Reiner was killed because of his own “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
Julianna Bragg / Axios:
“Very bad for our country”: Trump doubles down on Rob Reiner attacks — President Trump on Monday stood by his comments that Rob Reiner's death was the result of “Trump derangement syndrome,” issuing a new round of sharp attacks on the late director.
Tal Axelrod / Axios:
MAGA breaks with Trump on mocking Rob Reiner's killing
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Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch News:
Republicans Condemn Donald Trump Over Vile Remarks About Rob and Michele Reiner
Republicans Condemn Donald Trump Over Vile Remarks About Rob and Michele Reiner
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump blames Brown, not FBI, for delay in finding shooting suspect
Trump blames Brown, not FBI, for delay in finding shooting suspect
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Washington Post:
Trump attack on Rob Reiner tests the limits, even for his MAGA base
Trump attack on Rob Reiner tests the limits, even for his MAGA base
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NBC News, Los Angeles Times, Raw Story, CT Mirror and Mediaite
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Mocks Rob Reiner, Says He Was Killed Because of His ‘TDS’
Trump Mocks Rob Reiner, Says He Was Killed Because of His ‘TDS’
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump bashes late director Rob Reiner, drawing immediate backlash
Trump bashes late director Rob Reiner, drawing immediate backlash
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Politico:
House GOP moderates signal they'll fall in line with Johnson's health plan … “I haven't seen anything objectionable yet,” Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) said Monday. “For me to vote against it, I'd have to find something objectionable. I wouldn't vote against it in protest.”
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Politico:
Senators talk last-minute Obamacare extension — A bipartisan group of nearly two dozen senators huddled Monday night to work out an 11th-hour health care deal to extend Affordable Care Act insurance subsidies set to expire at the end of this month. At a meeting convened by Sens. Susan Collins …
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Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Capitol agenda: House GOP at the Obamacare cliff
Capitol agenda: House GOP at the Obamacare cliff
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New York Daily News
NBC News:
From Charlie Kirk to Brown University, Trump officials have posted inaccurate info in wake of tragedy — Senior administration officials released confusing, incorrect or misleading information after Kirk's assassination and the shooting of two National Guard members.
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New York Times:
Eager for Center Stage, Patel Casts Aside Caution in Statements as F.B.I. Leader — Kash Patel's impulse to publicize the work of the bureau under his leadership has revived questions about his competence and his future in the administration. — A heinous act of violence. A faceless killer on the loose.
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Margie Cullen / The Providence Journal:
Kash Patel should ‘take a lesson’ from RI, Magaziner says
Kash Patel should ‘take a lesson’ from RI, Magaziner says
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security — The Trump administration said Monday in a court filing that the president's White House ballroom construction project must continue for reasons of national security.
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Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Trump administration hits back at lawsuit over White House ballroom
Trump administration hits back at lawsuit over White House ballroom
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The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Designates Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction — DEFENDING AMERICA FROM A CHEMICAL WEAPON: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order designating illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemical as weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
DESIGNATING FENTANYL AS A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION
DESIGNATING FENTANYL AS A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION
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Axios:
Pentagon says it's “escalating” Kelly review to “official” investigation — The Pentagon said Monday it is “escalating” a “preliminary review” into “serious allegations of misconduct” leveled against Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a retired naval officer, after he clashed with President Trump.
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Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:
'The More I'm Around Young People, the More Panicked I Am' — Anti-Jewish prejudice isn't a partisan divide—it's a generational one. — “The more I'm around young people, the more panicked I am,” Tim Miller told me recently. A prominent anti-Trump commentator, Miller hosts …
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Washington Post:
Pentagon plan calls for major power shifts within U.S. military — If adopted, the changes would complement other efforts by the Trump administration to shift resources away from the Middle East and Europe. … Senior Pentagon officials are preparing a plan to downgrade several …
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
House Oversight delays Clintons' Epstein testimonies — Bill and Hillary Clinton were scheduled to give depositions this week on Capitol Hill about their ties to Jeffrey Epstein, but their appearances have been officially punted into January. It sends a strong signal members of Congress …
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Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, Daily Mail and The Guardian
Axios:
Ukraine and U.S. divided over territory after intense negotiations — Two days of intense negotiations between Ukraine, the U.S. and European officials resulted in clear progress on security guarantees for Ukraine but left significant gaps on the issue of territory, U.S. officials told reporters on Monday.
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Matthew Choi / Washington Post:
Some Republican lawmakers call for mass expulsion of American Muslims — Comments from Rep. Randy Fine and Sen. Tommy Tuberville reflect a brazen Islamophobic sentiment being voiced by some in the party. — Just now … Two Republicans in Congress are calling for the mass expulsion …
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Politico:
New York Young Republican Club gala draws white nationalist, far-right Germans as elected officials skip out … NEW YORK — Two months after prominent members of a national Young Republican organization were exposed for their role in a hate-filled, private group chat, the city-based chapter showed it's willing to welcome almost anyone.
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LGBTQ Nation, Jewish Insider, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
ProPublica:
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera. — On the one-month anniversary of President Donald Trump's inauguration earlier this year, a group of his appointed aides gathered to celebrate. — For four weeks, they had been working overtime …
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The Parnas Perspective and The Independent
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Inside Stephen Miller's Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State — Stephen Miller's ancestors first arrived in the United States in 1903. That's when a man named Wolf Laib Glosser disembarked at Ellis Island after leaving behind his hometown in Antopol, a small town in the part of the czarist Russian empire that is now Belarus.
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Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Army shares identities of two soldiers killed in ISIS ambush in Syria — The U.S. Army has shared the identities of the two Iowa National Guard troops who were killed on Saturday when an ISIS terrorist opened fire on them in Palmyra, Syria. — Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar, 25 …
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Wall Street Journal:
Jared Kushner's Plan to Build a Trump Hotel in Serbia Is Running Into Resistance — Deal to redevelop site bombed by NATO has become quagmire for U.S. president's son-in-law — For more than two years, Jared Kushner has sought to build a Trump-branded complex of towers in a central Belgrade site once bombed by NATO.
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Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
Pulitzer Prize Board members dump broad discovery demands on Trump for tax returns, psych records, and ‘any’ prescription meds history — Pulitzer Prize Board members filed court documents in Okeechobee County, Florida, on Thursday, containing a litany of broad discovery demands in an attempt …
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Sydney Morning Herald:
Hero who wrestled gun from terrorist says he'd do it again despite being ‘riddled with bullets’ — Ahmed al Ahmed, the hero bystander who tackled and disarmed one of the Bondi shooters on Sunday, has said that despite the immense pain he is in, he does not regret lunging at the gunman.
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The Guardian, One America News Network, NBC News, Telegraph, Human Events, Algemeiner.com, Townhall, New York Sun and The Times of Israel
Associated Press:
US military says strikes on 3 boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean kill 8 people — The U.S. military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people. The military said in a statement on social media that the strikes targeted …
Paul Krugman:
MAGA, the Broligarchs and the Media — This isn't just about business; it's about democracy — Warner Bros. Discovery, which among other things controls CNN, has agreed to sell itself to Netflix. But it isn't a done deal, because Paramount has made a rival, hostile bid.
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Associated Press:
Trump sues BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of defamation over editing of president's Jan. 6 speech — President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC, accusing the British broadcaster of defamation as well as deceptive and unfair trade practices.
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Michael S. Rosenwald / New York Times:
Robert Samuelson, Award-Winning Economics Columnist, Dies at 79 — He was a familiar byline in Newsweek and The Washington Post for decades, explaining the intricacies of economic policy in reader-friendly vernacular. — Robert J. Samuelson, an economics columnist for Newsweek …
Max Rego / The Hill:
Brian Glenn says he's engaged to Marjorie Taylor Greene — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) put a ring on it. — Greene, who is departing Congress next month, confirmed her engagement Monday to Brian Glenn, the chief White House correspondent for conservative outlet Real America's Voice.
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New York Post, The Independent, Daily Mail and New York Daily News
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Pepsi and Walmart's Monopolization Machine Revealed — Today on TAP: An unsealed lawsuit that Trump's FTC tried to bury puts the pricing schemes of business on full display. — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email — Before Lina Khan exited the Federal Trade Commission …
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Anil Oza / STAT:
NIH specifies how grant reviewers should ensure alignment with Trump priorities — Guidance should move agency away from ‘arbitrary’ changes, outside experts say — Signaling a move toward the next phase of change, leaders at the National Institutes of Health have sent new guidance …
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