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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 17.12.2025.
It displays 64 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
17.12.2025
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00:04⇢Reiner Son Charged Murder
⌨US media continues to focus intensely on Nick Reiner being formally charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner (NYTimes, The Blaze, NPR, NY Post, The Epoch Times, NBC News, Newsweek, Washington Post, CBS). Concurrently, Donald Trump's expansion of the travel ban to include Palestinians and other nations is widely reported, with some sources framing it as an immigration crackdown or a "White Nationalist List" (The Daily Wire, Fox News, Common Dreams, Newsmax, The Atlantic).
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Rob Reiner’s son, Nick Reiner, is facing two counts of first degree murder over the death of his parents. Stay with Newsweek for the latest.
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The Washington Post
The charges against Nick Reiner, 32, were announced two days after his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, were found stabbed to death in their Los Angeles home.
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered what he called “a total and complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela,” sharply escalating U.S. pressure on the socialist Maduro regime after months of rising confrontations, maritime seizures, and anti-narcotics operations in the region.
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Omer Shem Tov, a former Israeli hostage who was captured by Hamas terrorists while he was at the Nova Music Festival in Israel on October 7th, 2023, has revealed that his captors' behavior drastically changed once Donald Trump was re-elected president.
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The Washington Post
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The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
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Ryan Routh, the man who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course last year, has shifted his approach to legal representation. Unlike most of the trial, where he represented himself, Routh has now requested that the judge appoint an attorney to represent him during sentencing.
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The Washington Post
Such a blockade would likely devastate Venezuela’s already struggling economy, which depends on overseas oil sales.
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New York Post
A shaken Bill Hader was spotted anxiously pacing outside his Los Angeles home on what appeared to be a tense phone call after news broke of a squabble he had with Nick Reiner the night before Rob.
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Associated Press
President Donald Trump says he is ordering a blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro.
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The Epoch Times
The U.S. president also described Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s regime as a foreign terrorist organization.
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The U.S. president also described Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s regime as a foreign terrorist organization.
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The U.S. president also described Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s regime as a foreign terrorist organization.
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The Daily Beast
Vanity Fair’s Chris Whipple explains his Susie Wiles profile that is sending shockwaves through Trump’s White House.
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A person close to the family provided a detailed account of what occurred in the Reiner house after a massage therapist received no response at the gate.
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Across the country, ICE officers accustomed to operating below the radar have been thrust into the spotlight by Trump's aggressive deportation orders.
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The New York Times
Nick Reiner is facing two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner.
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A person close to the family provided a detailed account of what occurred in the Reiner house after a massage therapist received no response at the gate.
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President Donald Trump holds a Hanukkah reception at the White House on Tuesday, December 16.
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The New York Times
Nick Reiner is facing two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner.
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02:06⇢Venezuela Blockade Intensifies
⌨US media is primarily focused on President Trump's order for a "complete blockade" of sanctioned oil tankers off Venezuela's coast and his designation of Maduro's regime as a terrorist organization, escalating pressure on the country (The Epoch Times, Washington Examiner, AP News, The Blaze, Washington Post, Fox News, Newsmax). Concurrently, Nick Reiner has been formally charged with two counts of first-degree murder in his parents' deaths, a story also receiving significant attention (NYTimes, Newsweek).
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A person close to the family provided a detailed account of what occurred in the Reiner house after a massage therapist received no response at the gate.
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The Washington Post
Such a blockade would likely devastate Venezuela’s already struggling economy, which depends on overseas oil sales.
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New York Post
The footage shows Nick Reiner just hours after he had a blow up fight with his parents at Conan O’Brien’s party.
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Breitbart News
On Tuesday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about Rob Reiner. Marlow said, “Rob Reiner was one of the most vocal people when it comes trying to destroy Donald Trump’s life by framing him as
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Breitbart News
On Tuesday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about Rob Reiner. Marlow said, “Rob Reiner was one of the most vocal people when it comes trying to destroy Donald Trump’s life by framing him as
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One America News
Former first son Hunter Biden was disbarred in Connecticut on Monday by a judge who ruled that he violated the state's rules of professional conduct for attorneys.
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Breitbart News
On Tuesday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about Rob Reiner. Marlow said, “Rob Reiner was one of the most vocal people when it comes trying to destroy Donald Trump’s life by framing him as
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New York Post
The footage shows Nick Reiner just hours after he had a blow up fight with his parents at Conan O’Brien’s party.
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New York Post
The footage shows Nick Reiner just hours after he had a blow up fight with his parents at Conan O’Brien’s party.
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The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
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The Washington Post
Donald Trump’s fixation on Venezuela reflects a unique combination of factors, from the geopolitical to the economic to the personal, that has led the White House to pursue a multi-pronged push to squeeze what many see as the illegitimate government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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The U.S. president also described Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s regime as a foreign terrorist organization.
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One America News
Internal FBI emails declassified and released this week show that agents in the bureau's Washington Field Office (WFO) repeatedly expressed doubts about establishing probable cause for a search warrant at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in the months leading up to the August 8, 2022, raid.
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The charges carry a maximum sentence of life without the possibility of parole or the death penalty, the Los Angeles County D.A. said.
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President Trump called for a "total and complete blockade" on all sanctioned oil tankers that enter or depart Venezuela.
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The announcement comes less than a week after the U.S. seized an oil tanker in waters near Venezuela.
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The president hosted Jewish American supporters at a White House event where he touted his support for Israel and lamented recent antisemitic attacks.
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The Daily Beast
The president’s “merciless disparagement” of Rob Reiner has unsettled even loyalists in the White House, according to Michael Wolff.
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This year's Arctic Report Card from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds that the northernmost part of the Earth is warming faster than the global average, leading to melting glaciers, shifting fish populations, and rivers running orange.
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05:12⇢Venezuela Oil Blockade Tightens
⌨US media continues to intensely focus on President Trump's order for a "total and complete blockade" of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, escalating pressure on Maduro's regime (ABC News, The Epoch Times, NBC News, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, CBS, AP News, The Blaze, Newsmax, Fox News, Washington Times). Concurrently, the murder charges against Nick Reiner for his parents' deaths remain a significant, though secondary, story (NYTimes, The Daily Beast, NY Post, Breitbart, Newsweek).
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The Washington Post
Newly declassified emails reveal the FBI believed it lacked evidence to justify raiding President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence for classified documents in the summer of 2022.
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The Washington Post
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Donald Trump alleges Nicolás Maduro’s regime is using “stolen oil fields” to fund “drug terrorism”. Follow Newsweek’s live blog
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Donald Trump alleges Nicolás Maduro’s regime is using “stolen oil fields” to fund “drug terrorism”. Follow Newsweek’s live blog
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The Washington Post
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