Nick Reiner, 32, reportedly engaged in a heated argument with his parents — the late director Rob Reiner (78) and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner (68) — at a holiday party just 24 hours before they were found dead in their Brentwood home. Entertainment site TMZ reported that Nick was in attendance at a party hosted by comedian and late-night host Conan O’Brien, and that at some point during the evening, he was involved in what was described as a “very loud argument” with both Rob and Michele — after which the couple reportedly left the party. People magazine reported that others had confirmed there was an argument and said that Nick had been behaving strangely at O’Brien’s party. “Nick was freaking everyone out, acting crazy, kept asking people if they were famous,” one told the outlet. Rob and Michele had reportedly voiced concern about Nick’s behavior to a family friend who lived close by and told the New York Post, “Rob had been telling people that they’re scared for Nick and scared that his mental state was deteriorating. These poor people did everything to help this kid.” Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships The friend also said that Nick was “supposedly off” the drugs, but that did not appear to be the case: “Nick has been troubled mentally for his entire life and they have tried everything to try and help him and been unable to.” Nick had often been at odds with his parents over their insistence that he go to rehab, and his refusal to do so had led to him being homeless on several occasions. The film “Being Charlie” — which Nick co-wrote and his father directed — was semi-autobiographical and brought the two back together for a time. “I mean, you know, we got into issues, [but] … the whole process for me, it did make me understand him a lot more and I think it made me a better father, hopefully it did,” Reiner said of his son at the time. “When Nick would tell us that it wasn’t working for him, we wouldn’t listen,” Reiner added. “We were desperate and because the people had diplomas on their wall, we listened to them when we should have been listening to our son.” “We were so influenced by these people,” Michele said. “They would tell us he’s a liar, that he was trying to manipulate us. And we believed them.”

The Department of War has escalated a review of Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly to an “official Command Investigation.” “The Office of the Secretary of War, in conjunction with the Department of War’s Office of the General Counsel, is escalating the preliminary review of Captain Mark Kelly, USN (Ret.), to an official Command Investigation. Retired Captain Kelly is currently under investigation for serious allegations of misconduct. Further official comments will be limited to preserve the integrity of the proceedings,” a department official told The Daily Wire. NEW: @DeptofWar official tells @realDailyWire that DOW is escalating its preliminary review of Senator Mark Kelly to an “official Command Investigation.” “Retired Captain Kelly is currently under investigation for serious allegations of misconduct,” official says. “Further… — Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) December 15, 2025 Last week, the U.S. Navy sent a report to War Secretary Pete Hegseth on a review of Kelly’s actions warning military members against following “illegal orders.” The Office of General Counsel for the War Department is providing advice and legal review of the investigation into Kelly. The department initiated a review of Kelly, a U.S. Navy combat veteran and retired astronaut, in November after the senator joined five other Democratic lawmakers in a video urging military members to disobey “illegal orders.” The Arizona Democrat is under consideration to be recalled to active duty to undergo “court-martial proceedings or administrative measures.” Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships “The Department of War reminds all individuals that military retirees remain subject to the [Uniform Code of Military Justice] for applicable offenses, and federal laws such as 18 U.S.C. § 2387 prohibit actions intended to interfere with the loyalty, morale, or good order and discipline of the armed forces. Any violations will be addressed through appropriate legal channels,” the department said in a statement at the time. At the time of the video, Hegseth denounced it in a post on X, saying that message put out by the “seditious six” lawmakers is “despicable, reckless, and false.” “Encouraging our warriors to ignore the orders of their Commanders undermines every aspect of ‘good order and discipline.’ Their foolish screed sows doubt and confusion — which only puts our warriors in danger,” said Hegseth.

President Donald Trump on Monday sued the BBC over a documentary in which it edited the president’s January 6, 2021, Washington address to create a “false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction” of the president. Trump sued the British broadcaster for $5 billion for what the lawsuit said was a defamatory documentary about the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. The lawsuit was filed in a federal court in Miami. “This instance of doctoring–in the form of distortion of meaning and splicing of entirely unrelated word sequences–is part of the BBC’s longstanding pattern of manipulating President Trump’s speeches and presenting content in a misleading manner in order to defame him, including fabricating calls for violence that he never made,” the lawsuit states. “The BBC, faced with overwhelming and justifiable outrage on both sides of the Atlantic, has publicly admitted its staggering breach of journalistic ethics, and apologized, but has made no showing of actual remorse for its wrongdoing nor meaningful institutional changes to prevent future journalistic abuses,” it continues. The documentary spliced together two small parts of a lengthy speech to “make it appear that President Trump explicitly called for violent action and rioting,” the lawsuit states. The two clips are separated by 55 minutes in Trump’s original speech, and the documentary also left out Trump’s explicit calls for supporters to protest “peacefully and patriotically.” Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships Last month, two BBC executives announced their resignations after controversy erupted around the broadcaster over an internal memo that said the documentary characterized the president of the United States dishonestly. The memo was written by a former outside editorial standards adviser, Michael Prescott, and leaked to the media, throwing the BBC into turmoil as members and allies of the Trump administration blasted the U.K.-backed media outlet with accusations of bias. The BBC later apologized to Trump for his portrayal in the documentary. “[W]e accept that our edit unintentionally created the impression that we were showing a single continuous section of the speech, rather than excerpts from different points in the speech, and that this gave the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action,” the statement said. “The BBC would like to apologize to President Trump for that error of judgement. This programme was not scheduled to be re-broadcast and will not be broadcast again in this form on any BBC platforms,” it added.

Authorities have released new images and video of a suspect related to a mass shooting at Brown University while the FBI has offered a $50,000 bounty. Law enforcement have been attempting to track down a gunman who killed two students and injured nine others on Saturday. Authorities detained a “person of interest” early on Sunday, but released him after concluding he did not commit the shooting. The new video and reward offer come as law enforcement have continued a frenzied search to find the shooter. Local officials on Sunday asked residents in Providence, Rhode Island, for additional information, tips, videos, and images of the suspect after he was caught on CCTV footage in the area of the university. “The FBI and [the Providence Police Department] are releasing new images of a person of interest in the mass shooting at Brown University on 12/13/25. The [FBI] is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the individual,” the bureau’s Boston office said in a post on X. #BREAKING: The FBI and @ProvidenceRIPD are releasing new images of a person of interest in the mass shooting at Brown University on 12/13/25. The #FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the individual.… pic.twitter.com/OhpnsN9fds — FBI Boston (@FBIBoston) December 15, 2025 The Providence Police Department released additional videos of what appears to be the suspect dressed in black clothing with a mask on. ?2/4 We are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying a person of interest in Saturday’s incident at Brown University. Please share these video clips and direct all tips to 401-272-3121 or https://t.co/8a1yEMYJya pic.twitter.com/5hLiqRDtC4 — Providence Police (@ProvidenceRIPD) December 15, 2025 Providence Mayor Brett Smiley attempted to reassure the public on Monday that there is no active threat despite the shooter still being at-large. “Ever since 4:05 on Saturday, which is when the call came in for [the Brown University shooting] there has been no new credible specific threat anywhere in the Providence community,” Smiley said at a press conference on Monday. Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships Unconvinced reporters pushed Smiley on his basis for claiming that the community remains safe. Officials have increased police presence throughout Providence and at Brown University while the hunt for the shooter continues. A gunman on Saturday stormed into a classroom in Brown’s engineering department and killed two students, Ella Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov. Cook was from Alabama and served as vice president of the university’s Republican Club. Umurzokov was an Uzbek national in his first year at the school.

iRobot, the American company that created the robotic vacuum Roomba, filed for bankruptcy on Sunday, sending the company into the arms of its Chinese manufacturer just three years after regulators blocked a proposed sale to Amazon. Under the bankruptcy plan, iRobot’s manufacturer, Picea, will take 100% of the company’s equity, shifting ownership from American to Chinese hands. The filing comes after iRobot cited declining sales, increased competition from lower-priced alternatives, and rising supply chain and manufacturing costs. Initially, the company hoped to merge with Amazon to improve its scale and get more competitive pricing for parts and inventory. While the Federal Trade Commission has not commented on iRobot’s bankruptcy, the commission welcomed the collapse of the Amazon deal in January 2024. “We are pleased that Amazon and iRobot have abandoned their proposed transaction,” the United States Federal Trade Commission said. “The Federal Trade Commission will not hesitate to take action in enforcing the antitrust laws to ensure that competition remains robust.” Three years later, iRobot’s bankruptcy leaves the United States without a major American-owned competitor in the home robotics industry. With iRobot’s bankruptcy, shareholders are expected to see their equity wiped out — an outcome that contrasts sharply with the $61 per share cash payout investors would have received had the Amazon acquisition gone through. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who urged regulators to oppose the deal, said at the time that Amazon should not be allowed to use acquisitions to avoid competition. Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships “I have serious concerns about Amazon’s deal to buy iRobot,” said Warren. “We’re asking the FTC to oppose this proposed deal to protect competition and consumers. Amazon shouldn’t be allowed to just buy their way out of competing.” After the deal collapsed, iRobot laid off roughly one-third of its workforce and its stock price plummeted. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy later described the company’s struggle as “a sad story.” “This American company invented this product, invented the category and built a business that was almost $1 billion in revenue,” Jassy said. He argued that successful businesses naturally attract competition, including from Chinese manufacturers, and that iRobot needed scale to survive. “They needed to scale because scale lets you buy components at the right price and invest in R&D,” Jassy said. Jassy also addressed privacy concerns, noting that robotic vacuums must map the inside of customers’ homes to avoid running into furniture. “What Western regulators were saying is that they trust these two large Chinese companies with maps of the inside of U.S. consumers’ homes more than they do Amazon,” he said. “That can’t be what we were going for. I think we’ve got to try and find a way to be reasonable with what we are doing.” At the time the deal was blocked, the Federal Trade Commission was chaired by President Joe Biden appointee Lina Khan, who quickly became known for her aggressive approach to antitrust enforcement, particularly toward large technology companies. Khan now serves as New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team chair.