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December 16, 2025 20:10 UTC
Advertisement“Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has helped President Trump achieve the most successful first 11 months in office of any President in American history,” Leavitt said. “President Trump has no greater or more loyal advisor than Susie. Trump cycled through four chiefs of staff in his first term. – Wiles suggested she’s been adept at dealing with Trump because she grew up with an alcoholic father. Trump operates with “an alcoholic’s personality,” she said, with “a view that there’s nothing he can’t do.
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December 16, 2025 20:06 UTC
Federal law describes what a weapon of mass destruction is. Generally, it has to be an incendiary device, something that blows up, something that shoots, something that disseminates poison, that kind of thing.”AdvertisementHe added, “If you commit a crime involving a weapon of mass destruction, it’s very serious. Honig argued Trump has no authority to designate drugs as weapons, let alone WMDs. Trump has nonetheless threatened to send U.S. troops to Venezuela to crack down on its supposed operations. AdvertisementHis administration recently seized a Venezuelan oil tanker and confirmed that more such ships will be seized in the future.
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December 16, 2025 17:52 UTC
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December 16, 2025 17:01 UTC
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December 16, 2025 16:44 UTC
LOADING ERROR LOADINGPresident Donald Trump’s former senior campaign adviser David Urban slammed the president’s response to the killing of director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Reiner, on Monday, warning of its impact ahead of the midterm elections. “It’s a terrible tragedy that they’ve suffered here, and the president’s tweets — his Truth Social post — is indefensible by anybody. Director Rob Reiner was found dead alongside his wife, Michele Reiner, on Sunday. Paul Archuleta via Getty ImagesThe Reiners’ deaths led to an outpouring of reactions, including from the president. Trump’s post “rings so badly” following the killing of right-wing podcaster Charlie Kirk, Urban said.
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December 16, 2025 16:42 UTC
LOADING ERROR LOADINGOutspoken conservative actor James Woods on Monday opened up about why he remained friends with Rob Reiner despite his political views, following the stabbing deaths of the director and his wife, Michele. “When people say horrible things about Rob right now, I find it, quite frankly, infuriating and distasteful,” said Woods in a Fox News appearance. Advertisement“I would say, ‘I think Rob Reiner is a great patriot. But he doesn’t agree with me either but he also respects my patriotism,’” Woods explained. “People said such horrible things and Rob did not,” said Woods of Reiner, who emphasized that political violence isn’t the “solution” and commended Erika Kirk for her “forgiveness” in the wake of her husband’s assassination.
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December 16, 2025 16:08 UTC
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December 16, 2025 16:07 UTC
Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, told HuffPost in an email that ICE is “NOT” targeting young people. A wave of such transfers followed, despite approximately 98% of 18-year-old “age-outs” having been released over the past four years rather than sent to ICE detention, government records show. The Garcia Ramirez litigation began during the first Trump administration, when ICE repeatedly transferred minors who turned 18 directly to ICE jails. The teen disappeared into the black hole of adult ICE detention. Over 65,000 people now sit in immigration detention, an all-time record, and the vast majority have no serious criminal history at all.
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December 16, 2025 14:53 UTC
LOADING ERROR LOADINGA White House holiday party on Monday doubled as an engagement announcement for Donald Trump Jr. and Florida socialite Bettina Anderson. Donald Trump announced the couple’s romantic milestone, reported The New York Times. Advertisement“Wow, what a privilege it is to be here in the White House, Mr. President. “I get to marry the love of my life, and I feel just like the luckiest girl in the world.”Trump Jr. was married to Vanessa Trump until their divorce in 2018. Vanessa Trump is now reportedly dating golfer Tiger Woods.
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December 16, 2025 13:54 UTC
LOADING ERROR LOADINGOxford Dictionary went with “rage bait” as its ‘word of the year’ – a term that describes deliberately divisive content. But if you ask me, Merriam-Webster’s pick – the most fashionably late of them all – is best. They went for “slop”, a word they define in this case as “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence”. “In 2025, amid all the talk about AI threats, slop set a tone that’s less fearful, more mocking. AdvertisementWhat were the other options for Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year?
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December 16, 2025 12:11 UTC
Goldberg questioned what Trump had to say about “what’s happened around the world” after two deadly mass shootings over the weekend. Our hearts are breaking through all of this — through Rob, through what’s happened at Bondi Beach, what happened at Brown [University],” she stressed. Advertisement“And you don’t have the time to say as Americans, we hate what’s happening. On Sunday, Trump offered his “deepest regards and respects” to the victims of the attack on a Hanukkah celebration in Australia as well as victims of the Brown University shooting. “Not what I would like to have heard from you but you did do it so, there you go,” she said of Trump.
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December 16, 2025 05:20 UTC
Leon Neal via Getty ImagesThe broadcaster also declined to provide compensation along with its apology, which Trump had demanded. AdvertisementIn a suit filed in federal court in Florida this week, Trump alleged that the BBC’s documentary was an attempt to interfere in the 2024 election and advance a “false” and “disparaging” depiction of him. He’s seeking $5 billion in damages for defamation and another $5 billion in damages for the violation of a Florida trade practices law. Previously, BBC Chair Samir Shah said the company was “determined to fight” any Trump lawsuit, according to an internal November email obtained by Sky News. The broadsides against the BBC are the latest Trump has levied toward a media organization and come after another $15 billion suit he recently filed against The New York Times.
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December 16, 2025 03:30 UTC
He’s recently closed in on Minnesota’s robust Somali community, calling them “garbage” and deploying ICE agents to Minneapolis to apprehend a handful of Somali men who he deems criminals. Leaders in Minnesota’s Somali community responded swiftly; in addition to protesting and alerting each other of ICE activity, they also banded together to troll conservatives online — and they’ve been doing so in the most hilarious way possible. News: Trump Goes On Another Xenophobic Rant Against Somali ImmigrantsImmigration policies aren’t just politics — they’re personal. Just to clarify, significant Somali immigration to Minnesota began in the 1990s, when a civil war forced many families to flee their homes. What’s more, a vast majority of Somalis in Minnesota — about 95% — have U.S. citizenship, per PBS.
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December 16, 2025 03:14 UTC
The administration argues in the filing that the plaintiff’s claims about the demolition of the East Wing are “moot” because the tear-down cannot be undone. The administration also argues that claims about future construction are “unripe” because the plans are not final. The administration also contends that the National Trust for Historic Preservation cannot establish “irreparable harm” because above-ground construction is not expected until April. Trump’s ballroom project has prompted criticism in the historic preservation and architectural communities, and among his political adversaries, but the lawsuit is the most tangible effort thus far to alter or stop his plans for an addition that itself would be nearly twice the size of the White House before the East Wing was torn down. A hearing in the case was scheduled Tuesday in federal court in Washington.
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December 16, 2025 00:22 UTC