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8:20 AM ET, December 15, 2025

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NBC Los Angeles:
2 found dead at Brentwood mansion owned by director Rob Reiner … Two people were found dead Sunday afternoon inside a Brentwood home owned by director and actor Rob Reiner, multiple law enforcement sources told NBCLA.  —  The LA Fire Department said a man and a woman were found deceased inside, approximately 78 and 68 years old.
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TMZ.com:
Rob Reiner, Wife Michele Found Dead in Their L.A. Home with Knife Wounds  —  ROB REINER & WIFE MICHELE FOUND DEAD AT L.A. HOME ... Wounds Consistent With A Knife  —  EXCLUSIVE  — 7K … BROWN UNIVERSITY SHOOTING PERSON OF INTEREST REPORTEDLY HAD ARMY TRAINING
Greg Hanlon / People:
Rob Reiner and His Wife Michele Were Killed by Their Son (Exclusive Sources)  —  Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found after first responders were called to the couple's Brentwood home at 3:30 p.m. … Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed by their son …
Chris Morris / Variety:
Rob Reiner, Legendary Comedic Actor and ‘Princess Bride’ Director, Found Dead in His Home  —  Rob Reiner, who segued from starring in “All in the Family” to directing movies including “This Is Spinal Tap,” “A Few Good Men” and “When Harry Met Sally...” was found dead Sunday afternoon …
Jordan Freiman / CBS News:
Director Rob Reiner and wife, Michele, found dead in their Los Angeles home in what police call apparent homicide  —  Director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, were found dead Sunday in their Los Angeles home, sources told CBS News, in what police called an apparent homicide.
Associated Press:
2 people found dead in home owned by Rob Reiner, AP source says  —  Two people were found dead at a Los Angeles home owned by director-actor Rob Reiner on Sunday, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation.  The official could not publicly discuss details …
Claire Lehmann / Quillette:
Bondi Beach Massacre: Australia's Deadliest Terrorist Attack … Tonight's massacre on Bondi Beach is the deadliest terrorist attack ever carried out on Australian soil, and the worst attack on Jewish civilians since October 7.  Images circulating from the scene show at least two men …
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Associated Press:
Australia to tighten gun laws after Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre  —  Australian federal and state government leaders on Monday agreed to immediately overhaul already-tough national gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach, leaving at least 15 people dead.
Associated Press:
Bystander shown in videos disarming gunman during Australian beach shooting commended for bravery
Jin Yu Young / New York Times:
What We Know About the Shooting at Bondi Beach
Lee Ann Anderson / The Hill:
Why Florida is ground zero for coming ObamaCare storm  —  Florida will be hit harder than any other state if ObamaCare subsidies expire at the end of the year, which is looking increasingly likely as Republicans in Congress struggle to unite behind a plan to extend the tax credits.
Discussion: The Guardian
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Politico:
15 years into Obamacare, the GOP health care message is as muddled as ever … The upshot is that there is no clear, unified GOP message on health care going into the year-end deadline when the tax credits expire — and no guarantee that Republicans will be able to pass anything this week …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senators brace for another possible shutdown in January
Discussion: MS NOW
Washington Post:
Person of interest in Brown U. shooting is 24, from Wisconsin, officials say  —  The person of interest authorities took into custody in connection with the shooting at Brown University is Benjamin Erickson, a 24-year-old originally from Wisconsin, two people briefed on the investigation told …
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Washington Post:
One big difference between Trump 1.0 and Trump 2.0
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Live Updates: Police Release Man and Say They Are Still Searching for Shooter
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 …
Discussion: MS NOW
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
The Erika Kirk and Candace Owens feud is tearing MAGA apart  —  The widow vs. the podcaster drama reveals the right's biggest weakness  —  In the days after Charlie Kirk was fatally shot on Sept. 10, the MAGA influencer class united in a public display of grief for the founder of Turning Point USA (TPUSA).
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Associated Press:
JetBlue plane near Venezuela avoids ‘midair collision’ with US Air Force aircraft  —  Airplane crashes Federal agencies US military South America  —  A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a US Air Force refueling tanker on Friday …
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Riley Mellen / New York Times:
U.S. Military Plane and JetBlue Flight Nearly Collided Over Caribbean, Radio Traffic Shows
Discussion: New York Post
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.
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Harris stepping toward another White House run  —  LOS ANGELES — Kamala Harris isn't planning to go gentle into that good night.  This week the former vice president made clear to potential 2028 rivals that she's working to keep another White House campaign viable.
Discussion: Breitbart 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.
Isabella Pelletiere / Boston 25 News:
Local tea shop in Providence helped officials track down suspect in Brown University mass shooting  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A local tea shop in Providence helped police track down a suspect overnight after the Brown University mass shooting.  —  Yesterday, a masked gunman opened fire …
Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
Trump served McDonald's to connect with voters.  Now, many feel they can't afford it.  —  Trump's dilemma ahead of the midterm elections: Sympathizing with voters who face financial pressures while persuading them that his policies are working.  —  FEASTERVILLE, Pa. — Fishing through his wallet …
Anthony Bettin / CBS News:
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE  —  Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said federal immigration agents pulled over her son on Saturday and asked him to prove his citizenship.  —  “Yesterday, after he made a stop at Target, he did get pulled over by …
David Strom / HotAir:
They Are Globalizing the Intifada  —  For years, the left wing has been chanting “globalize the intifada.”  The calls ramped up after the October 7th attack by Hamas, and the chants have grown louder by the day ever since.  —  This weekend was a banner time for the intifada globalizers …
Raymond Fernández / NOTUS:
SNAP Is Now a Key Part of Democrats' Campaign Messaging  —  The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is funded through September 2026, but Democrats are making it a key issue going into the midterms.  — Copy  —  Republicans' attempts to cut Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits …
 
 
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Jack Pinczewski / Quillette:
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