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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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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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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.”
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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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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 …
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
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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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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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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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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NBC News:
From Charlie Kirk to Brown University, Trump officials have posted inaccurate info in wake of tragedy
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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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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 — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: — Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Illicit fentanyl is closer to a chemical weapon than a narcotic.
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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Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Capitol agenda: House GOP at the Obamacare cliff
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Al Weaver / The Hill:
Senate advances annual defense policy bill
Senate advances annual defense policy bill
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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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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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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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Sara Fischer / Axios:
President Trump sues BBC — President Trump sued the BBC on Monday, seeking at least $5 billion in damages for alleging defamation over how a documentary aired shortly before the 2024 election edited a speech he delivered on Jan. 6, 2021. … - Trump filed a $15 billion lawsuit …
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Skylar Woodhouse / Bloomberg:
Trump Says He Plans to File BBC Lawsuit Monday or Tuesday
Trump Says He Plans to File BBC Lawsuit Monday or Tuesday
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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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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 …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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 …
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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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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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.
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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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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Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Trump Admin Intensifies Military Probe Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, Launches Command Investigation — The Trump administration escalated its effort to punish a sitting U.S. senator for protected political speech Monday, formally converting the Pentagon's review of Sen. Mark Kelly …
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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.
