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10:55 PM ET, December 15, 2025

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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.”
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Republicans rebuff Trump's post on Rob Reiner … The director of “The Princess Bride” and his wife were found dead in their Los Angeles home Sunday.  Police are currently investigating the deaths as an “apparent homicide.”  Authorities announced on Monday that Reiner's son, Nick Reiner, is in custody as a suspect.
Julianna Bragg / Axios:
“Very bad for our country”: Trump doubles down on Rob Reiner attacks
Tal Axelrod / Axios:
MAGA breaks with Trump on mocking Rob Reiner's killing
Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch News:
Republicans Condemn Donald Trump Over Vile Remarks About Rob and Michele Reiner
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump bashes late director Rob Reiner, drawing immediate backlash
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 …
Discussion: The Bulwark
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Capitol agenda: House GOP at the Obamacare cliff
Discussion: New York Daily News
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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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.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Kushner's Firm Pulls Out of Trump-Branded Hotel Deal in Serbia  —  The announcement came just hours after prosecutors there charged four government officials with corruption in connection with the half-billion-dollar project.  —  The private equity firm headed by Jared Kushner …
Discussion: Associated Press and Bloomberg
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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
Discussion: CBS News
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
BBC:
Trump sues BBC for defamation over Panorama speech edit  —  US President Donald Trump has sued the BBC for defamation over an edit of his 6 January 2021 speech in a Panorama documentary.  —  Trump accused the broadcaster of defamation and of violating a trade practices law, according to court documents filed in Florida.
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Associated Press:
Trump sues BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of defamation over editing of president's Jan. 6 speech
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 …
Discussion: Jewish Insider and NextDraft
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 …
Politico:
US promises Ukraine ‘Article 5-like’ security, but it's a limited time offer … Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and many European leaders have been reluctant to reach a deal without an explicit U.S. security guarantee, fearful that Russia, after a period of time, would attack again.
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Axios:
Ukraine and U.S. divided over territory after intense negotiations
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 …
Discussion: New York Post and New Republic
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Independent
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: CNN and Associated Press
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.
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: NOTUS
 
 
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Washington Post:
‘Outrageous’: JetBlue pilot describes near-collision with Air Force plane off Venezuela
ABC:
Bondi Beach shooting gunman Naveed Akram was follower of pro-Islamic State preacher Wisam Haddad
Discussion: New York Post
Associated Press:
Sen. Cruz threatens another shutdown unless restrictions on military flights are approved
Discussion: Axios and Washington Examiner
CNBC:
New Trump tariffs collection hits $200 billion, Customs says
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
U.S. Soldiers and Translator Killed in Syria Are Identified
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump to visit North Carolina on Friday
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Brakkton Booker / Politico:
Maryland residents bristle at Wes Moore's redistricting push
Discussion: The Post Millennial
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
White House Rages at MAGA Senator Over Anti-JD Vance Plot
Discussion: Axios and twitchy.com
Greg Grandin / The Nation:
What the Noam Chomsky-Jeffrey Epstein E-mails Tell Us
Discussion: ALWAGHT
Fox News:
FBI arrests 4 alleged members of radical pro-Palestinian group accused of plotting New Year's Eve bombings
Cassidy Randall / Politico:
'I Didn't Vote for This': A Revolt Against DOGE Cuts, Deep in Trump Country
Discussion: Raw Story and The Bulwark
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Dan Mangan / CNBC:
President Trump files a $10B defamation lawsuit against the BBC, alleging it intentionally doctored a Panorama documentary to misrepresent his January 6 speech

Jem Bartholomew / Columbia Journalism Review:
US Press Freedom Tracker: 32 journalists arrested or charged in 2025, vs. 50 in 2024, and 170 assaulted, nearly as many as the previous three years combined

Byron Tau / Associated Press:
Sources: Bay Area radio station KCBS-AM, which faced MAGA backlash over ICE coverage, scaled back political reporting after Brendan Carr's threats of a probe
 
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