{"id":193854,"date":"2025-12-16T20:52:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T20:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-us-president-condemned-over-comments-about-rob-reiner-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T20:52:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T20:52:37","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-us-president-condemned-over-comments-about-rob-reiner-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-us-president-condemned-over-comments-about-rob-reiner-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: US president condemned over comments about Rob Reiner – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lawmakers from both sides criticize \u2018petty\u2019 posts; Trump seeking $10bn in damages from BBC \u2013 key US politics stories from 15 December 2025
Celebrities and lawmakers from both of the US\u2019s major political parties have condemned Donald Trump after the president blamed the death of Rob Reiner<\/a> on what he described as the acclaimed Hollywood director\u2019s dislike of him.
After the apparent killings of Reiner, 78, and his 68-year-old wife, Michele, who were found dead at their home Sunday<\/a> in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, Trump took to social media to call the director \u201ctortured and struggling\u201d. Trump also claimed Reiner died \u201cdue to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind-crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME\u201d.
Trump then pivoted to praising his own accomplishments, asserting that Reiner\u2019s alleged \u201craging obsession\u201d and \u201cobvious paranoia\u201d toward him stood in contrast to his administration.
The US president also took aim on Monday at the British public broadcaster, the BBC, filing a lawsuit against the organization over its editing of a speech he made to supporters in Washington before they stormed the US Capitol in 2021. Trump is requesting at least $5bn in damages.
Here are the key stories at a glance.
Celebrities and lawmakers, meanwhile, were swift to lambast Trump over what they described as \u201cpetty\u201d and \u201cdisgusting\u201d comments.
\u201cWhat a disgusting and vile statement,\u201d actor Patrick Schwarzenegger wrote<\/a> on X.
Similarly, television host Whoopi Goldberg, who described Reiner as her friend and \u201cquite an amazing man,\u201d condemned Trump.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Before officially filing, Trump had alluded to the lawsuit earlier on Monday, telling reporters at the Oval Office: \u201cIn a little while, you\u2019ll be seeing I\u2019m suing the BBC<\/a> for putting words in my mouth. Literally, they put words in my mouth. They had me saying things that I never said coming out.\u201d
Trump\u2019s lawsuit centers on an edition of broadcaster\u2019s flagship Panorama news show that was broadcast a week before the 2024 US election.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
A US immigrant with legal status and her two American children have filed a lawsuit against ICE, after they were hospitalized following a \u201cviolent\u201d and \u201cunlawful\u201d detention in Massachusetts<\/a>. Hilda Ramirez Sanan, a green card holder who has lived in the United States for more than 20 years, and her two US citizen children were \u201cillegally and forcefully detained\u201d, the lawsuit<\/a> alleges.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Kash Patel, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, is once again facing criticism for rushing to social media to tout his agency\u2019s work on tracking down a person of interest in a shooting prematurely.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The Heritage Foundation, an influential rightwing thinktank currently mired in controversy<\/a> over its president\u2019s apparent apology for extremism, has appointed as a director the founder of a secretive all-male network of Christian nationalist fraternal lodges.
Scott Yenor, appointed as Heritage\u2019s new director of the B Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies<\/a>, has also recently offered ultra-conservative opinions on women, marriage and LGBTQ rights in recent podcast appearances and speaking engagements.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Attorneys with the US Department of Justice have reportedly said they felt pressured to accuse the University of California<\/a> of discriminating against Jewish students and faculty, at the urging of the Trump administration, in what one lawyer described as a \u201chit job\u201d.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Gavin Newsom, the California governor, announced<\/a> the appointment of two prominent scientists who left the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in recent months over conflicts with the Trump administration to state positions.
Dr Susan Monarez, the former director of the CDC, will lead California\u2019s new public health initiative, the Public Health Network Innovation Exchange (PHNIX).
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar said her son had been stopped over the weekend by ICE agents<\/a><\/strong> after Donald Trump ordered an operation targeting the Minnesota city\u2019s Somali population.
Nancy Pelosi, the outgoing congresswoman and former House speaker<\/a><\/strong>, has conceded that she may not see a woman be elected US president in her lifetime.
A Chinese man who left his country after filming at sites of alleged human rights violations against Uyghurs<\/a><\/strong> now faces the risk of removal from the United States, according to his lawyer and mother.
Europe is ready to lead a \u201cmultinational force\u201d in Ukraine as part of a US proposal for a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine<\/a><\/strong>, European leaders have said.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 14 December 2025<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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