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Celebrities and lawmakers from both of the US’s major political parties have condemned Donald Trump after the president blamed the death of Rob Reiner on what he described as the acclaimed Hollywood director’s 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 in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, Trump took to social media to call the director “tortured and struggling”. Trump also claimed Reiner died “due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind-crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME”.
Trump then pivoted to praising his own accomplishments, asserting that Reiner’s alleged “raging obsession” and “obvious paranoia” 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.
Trump’s post on Rob Reiner sparks outrage from lawmakers and celebrities
Celebrities and lawmakers, meanwhile, were swift to lambast Trump over what they described as “petty” and “disgusting” comments.
“What a disgusting and vile statement,” actor Patrick Schwarzenegger wrote on X.
Similarly, television host Whoopi Goldberg, who described Reiner as her friend and “quite an amazing man,” condemned Trump.
Donald Trump sues BBC for at least $5bn over edit of January 6 speech
Before officially filing, Trump had alluded to the lawsuit earlier on Monday, telling reporters at the Oval Office: “In a little while, you’ll be seeing I’m suing the BBC for putting words in my mouth. Literally, they put words in my mouth. They had me saying things that I never said coming out.”
Trump’s lawsuit centers on an edition of broadcaster’s flagship Panorama news show that was broadcast a week before the 2024 US election.
US green card holder sues ICE over claims of ‘violent assault’
A US immigrant with legal status and her two American children have filed a lawsuit against ICE, after they were hospitalized following a “violent” and “unlawful” detention in Massachusetts. 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 “illegally and forcefully detained”, the lawsuit alleges.
Kash Patel criticized for touting FBI’s work on Brown shooting prematurely
Kash Patel, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, is once again facing criticism for rushing to social media to tout his agency’s work on tracking down a person of interest in a shooting prematurely.
Lawyers accuse DoJ of political pressure in University of California antisemitism investigation
Attorneys with the US Department of Justice have reportedly said they felt pressured to accuse the University of California of discriminating against Jewish students and faculty, at the urging of the Trump administration, in what one lawyer described as a “hit job”.
Newsom appoints ex-CDC officials to lead California’s new public health network
Gavin Newsom, the California governor, announced 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’s new public health initiative, the Public Health Network Innovation Exchange (PHNIX).
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