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2:35 PM ET, December 15, 2025

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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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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 …
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Mocks Rob Reiner, Says He Was Killed Because of His ‘TDS’  —  The president wrote that the beloved director's apparent homicide was brought on by his opposition to the administration's actions  —  As the film world and people of good taste around the world mourn the sudden death …
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.
Los Angeles Times:
Rob Reiner's son arrested on suspicion of homicide, records show  — 6 min Click here to listen to this article  —  Rob Reiner's son Nick was booked into the Los Angeles County jail on suspicion of murder, records show, hours after the Hollywood legend and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner …
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
New York Times:
Live Updates: Reiners' Son Arrested After Director and His Wife Found Stabbed
Chris Morris / Variety:
Rob Reiner, Legendary Comedic Actor and ‘Princess Bride’ Director, Found Dead in His Home
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump says Rob Reiner, victim of possible homicide, died of ‘Trump derangement syndrome’
NBC News:
Rob Reiner and his wife found dead in their L.A. home from apparent stab wounds
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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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.
ABC:
ASIO examined Bondi Beach gunman Naveed Akram in 2019 for close ties to Islamic State cell
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
America Is an Unserious Country Filled With Unserious People
Discussion: ABC and France 24
Nic Fildes / Financial Times:
Australia to toughen gun laws after 15 die in attack on Jewish festival
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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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senators brace for another possible shutdown in January
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Trump is Losing it  —  Donald Trump is losing it.  He is losing more court cases (e.g. …
Discussion: Public Notice
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Trump advisers strafe Hawley over new anti-abortion group  —  President Trump's advisers are furious with Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) for starting an anti-abortion group to spur new action on the issue, which the White House views as a loser for Republicans in next year's midterms.
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Will Neal / The Daily Beast:   White House Rages at MAGA Senator Over Anti-JD Vance Plot
Washington Post:
MAGA leaders warn Trump the base is checking out. Will he listen?
Discussion: The Bulwark and Raw Story
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.
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
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
Greg Grandin / The Nation:
What the Noam Chomsky-Jeffrey Epstein E-mails Tell Us  —  Chomsky has often suffered fools, knaves, and criminals too lightly.  Epstein was one of them.  But that doesn't mean Chomsky was part of the “Epstein class.”  —  Pocket  —  Over his long life, Noam Chomsky—who turned 97 this month …
Discussion: ALWAGHT
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 …
Caitlin McCormack / New York Post:
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.
Reuters:
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 …
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).
Discussion: The Independent
Jessica Priest / The Texas Tribune:
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!
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Army shares identities of two soldiers killed in ISIS ambush in Syria  —  The U.S. Army has shared the identities of the two Iowa National Guard troops who were killed on Saturday when an ISIS terrorist opened fire on them in Palmyra, Syria.  —  Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar, 25 …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
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.
Discussion: The Hill and American Prospect
 
 
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Norman Ornstein / The Contrarian:
The Cancer of Tribalism  —  One part of Jen Rubin's must-read/must-watch with Rep. Adam Smith …
Arwa Mahdawi / The Guardian:
It's the media's job to hold power to account. This year, too many got into bed with it instead
Josh Spero / Financial Times:
Bitcoin investor plans Caribbean community — with its own court system
Amy Yurkanin / ProPublica:
Immigrants in Alabama Can Face Harsher Sentences Than Citizens for the Same Crimes
Kelly Garrity / Politico:
No. 2 House Democrat Katherine Clark gets primary challenger
Discussion: The Hill
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Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
‘Just disgraceful’: outcry as Heritage thinktank appoints far-right figure to key post
Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
America has tragically changed, but journalism is still stuck in old ways
Max Tani / Semafor:
‘Iterate through’: Why The Washington Post launched an error-ridden AI product
Ayesha Ali / ABC News:
JetBlue pilot narrowly avoids ‘midair collision’ with Air Force plane near Venezuela
New York Times:
Trump's Diversity Rollback Ends Crucial Aid for Deafblind Children Like Annie Garner
Maeve Reston / Washington Post:
The Democrat testing the appetite for a leader from the ‘one percent’
Discussion: Forbes
 

 
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Kanis Leung / Associated Press:
Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai is found guilty of colluding with foreign forces and conspiring to publish seditious articles, and faces a possible life sentence

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

Sara Fischer / Axios:
WSJ launches Free Expression, a newsletter-focused opinion brand that will be available via its own channels and Substack, initially offering free content
 
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