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.

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.

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.

Senators brace for another possible shutdown in January  —  Senators in both parties are bracing for another government shutdown next year after Republicans blocked a proposal to extend expiring health insurance subsidies, the issue that triggered the 43-day closure that consumed much of the fall calendar.

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 …

JetBlue pilot narrowly avoids ‘midair collision’ with Air Force plane near Venezuela  —  “They don't have their transponder turned on; it's outrageous,” the pilot said.  —  A JetBlue Airways pilot said he narrowly avoided a “midair collision” with a U.S. military aircraft that entered …

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).

'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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

As measles ravages South Carolina, RFK Jr. undermines the vaccine  —  There is a massive measles outbreak spreading rapidly in Upstate South Carolina.  Already, 111 people, mostly in Spartanburg County, have contracted the virus.  People have been exposed to measles at church, in health care facilities, and at schools.

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!

‘Just disgraceful’: outcry as Heritage thinktank appoints far-right figure to key post  —  Scott Yenor, who has offered views on women, marriage and LGBTQ rights, helped to found secretive fraternal order  —  The Heritage Foundation, an influential rightwing thinktank currently mired …

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 …

‘Iterate through’: Why The Washington Post launched an error-ridden AI product  —  THE SCOOP  —  The Washington Post began putting out AI-generated podcasts even after internal tests found that the AI tech introduced errors and bias into the publication's reporting.