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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.”
Tal Axelrod / Axios:
MAGA breaks with Trump on mocking Rob Reiner's killing — President Trump torpedoed MAGA influencers' calls for compassion after the killing of director Rob Reiner, mocking the longtime liberal activist as a victim of “Trump derangement syndrome.” … - Trump abandoned that moral high ground …
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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.
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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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Axios and New York Post
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Mocks Rob Reiner, Says He Was Killed Because of His ‘TDS’ — The president wrote that the beloved director's apparent homicide was brought on by his opposition to the administration's actions — As the film world and people of good taste around the world mourn the sudden death …
Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch News:
Republicans Condemn Donald Trump Over Vile Remarks About Rob and Michele Reiner — The dam is breaking in Congress and on the internet. — In a rare and striking moment, Donald Trump is facing public condemnation not just from his critics, but from his own supporters and prominent figures on the right …
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Los Angeles Times:
Rob Reiner's son arrested on suspicion of homicide, records show
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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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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Greene criticizes Trump over Rob Reiner Trump derangement post
Greene criticizes Trump over Rob Reiner Trump derangement post
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Raw Story, NOTUS, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner and New Jersey Online
NBC News:
Rob Reiner and his wife found dead in their L.A. home from apparent stab wounds
Rob Reiner and his wife found dead in their L.A. home from apparent stab wounds
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Reiners' Son Arrested After Director and His Wife Found Stabbed
Live Updates: Reiners' Son Arrested After Director and His Wife Found Stabbed
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump says Rob Reiner, victim of possible homicide, died of ‘Trump derangement syndrome’
Trump says Rob Reiner, victim of possible homicide, died of ‘Trump derangement syndrome’
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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
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
America Is an Unserious Country Filled With Unserious People
America Is an Unserious Country Filled With Unserious People
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The Guardian, Townhall, ABC and France 24
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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Lawfare, Axios, CBS News, The Hill, The Daily Caller, The Daily Wire and The Gateway Pundit
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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Raw Story and The Independent
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Capitol agenda: House GOP at the Obamacare cliff — House Republicans are set to mark their final session week of 2025 with a muddled health care message that's poised to have a big impact — a nationwide spike in insurance costs after Obamacare subsidies expire in less than three weeks.
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Lee Ann Anderson / The Hill:
Why Florida is ground zero for coming ObamaCare storm
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Roll Call and The Guardian
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
White House Rages at MAGA Senator Over Anti-JD Vance Plot — EATING THEIR OWN — Sen. Josh Hawley appears to be eyeing a primary run against Donald Trump's second-in-command. — MAGA administration insiders are apparently livid after GOP Sen. Josh Hawley launched what has been received …
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Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Trump advisers strafe Hawley over new anti-abortion group
Trump advisers strafe Hawley over new anti-abortion group
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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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Jewish Insider and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
U.S. Soldiers and Translator Killed in Syria Are Identified — The shooting attack in Palmyra, Syria, on Saturday struck Iowa National Guard troops. Two were killed, along with an American civilian interpreter; three others were wounded. — The two Iowa National Guard soldiers who were killed …
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Fox News:
FBI arrests 4 alleged members of radical pro-Palestinian group accused of plotting New Year's Eve bombings — FIRST ON FOX — Federal authorities say they disrupted a credible terrorist threat over the weekend, arresting four alleged members of a radical pro-Palestinian extremist group accused …
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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.
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, NBC News, Human Events, New York Sun, Townhall, Algemeiner.com, New York Post, The Times of Israel and BizPac Review
Emmet Lyons / CBS News:
Woman says dad died a hero throwing bricks at Bondi Beach attacker, and “Australia's not a home for Jews anymore.” — The daughter of one of the victims of Sunday's Bondi Beach terror attack told CBS News on Monday that her father was “shot dead for being Jewish,” and she now believes Australia is not a safe home for Jewish people.
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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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Jacobin and El País, more at Mediagazer »
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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Cassidy Randall / Politico:
'I Didn't Vote for This': A Revolt Against DOGE Cuts, Deep in Trump Country … The road to the tiny hamlet of Marion in northwest Montana is lined with the thick trees of the Flathead National Forest, with modern homesteads of trailers and modest homes dotting clearings here and there.
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The Bulwark and Raw Story
ABC:
Bondi Beach shooting gunman Naveed Akram was follower of pro-Islamic State preacher Wisam Haddad — By ABC Investigations's Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop, ABC NEWS Verify's Michael Workman and defence and national security correspondent Olivia Caisley — Loading... In short:
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New York Post
Margie Cullen / The Providence Journal:
Kash Patel should ‘take a lesson’ from RI, Magaziner says — The perpetrator of the mass shooting at Brown University that killed two and injured nine is still unknown after the “person of interest” located in part by the Federal Bureau of Investigation was released Dec. 14.
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Caitlin McCormack / New York Post:
Sophomore Ella Cook ID'd as first victim in Brown University shooting — The first victim of the deadly school shooting at Brown University has been identified as a sophomore student and vice president of the school's college Republican club, Ella Cook, according to her Alabama parish and a former classmate.
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CNBC:
New Trump tariffs collection hits $200 billion, Customs says … The United States has collected more than $200 billion in tariffs this year as a result of new duties imposed by President Donald Trump since the beginning of 2025, the Customs and Border Protection agency said Monday.
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Underground Legal Clinics Offer a Lifeline to Migrants Facing Mass Deportation — At his clinic, John Sirabella is a hard man to talk to. — On a recent evening, in the back of a cavernous church basement, he led a training for over two dozen people gathered on folding chairs.
NBC News:
Brown University shooting live updates: Victim named as manhunt for shooter who killed two continues — Brown has canceled its remaining fall semester classes and the shooting has reignited the debate over gun control. — New details emerge in Brown University shooting: What we know — What we know
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