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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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).

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.

Texas universities deploy AI tools to review and rewrite how some courses discuss race and gender  —  Records obtained by The Texas Tribune show how universities are using the technology to reshape curriculum under political pressure, raising concerns about academic freedom.  —  TAKE OUR CONTENT — PLEASE!

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.

'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.

Meta tolerates rampant ad fraud from China to safeguard billions in revenue  —  A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp decided to accept high levels of fraudulent advertisements from China.  Internal company documents show Meta wanted to minimize …

Trump's Diversity Rollback Ends Crucial Aid for Deafblind Children Like Annie Garner  —  A program for deafblind children helped 3-year-old Annie Garner, born with poor vision and no ears, learn to communicate.  The Trump administration cut the program's funding over diversity goals.

The Democrat testing the appetite for a leader from the ‘one percent’ … SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — On a late summer afternoon at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, hundreds of Democrats sipped cold beer from clear plastic “JB” party cups as they waited under a large tent to hear …