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Veteran political journalist Maggie Haberman highlighted damning comments by President Donald Trump in the wake of the Hollywood director Rob Reiner's death.

"One of the things that's striking here is President Trump celebrated," when Reiner was killed, Haberman said on "The Lead" with host Jake Tapper on Thursday. "President Trump said something insensitive at best when Rob Reiner and his wife were killed, allegedly, by their child."

Haberman was referring to Trump's Truth Social post after the beloved celebrity's slaying. Trump appeared to make the director's death all about himself, even though it allegedly stemmed from issues with his son, Nick Reiner....

House Speaker Mike Johnson Wednesday was forced to respond to President Donald Trump's cruel comments on Hollywood legend Rob Reiner following the news that he and his wife were murdered.

Trump attacked Reiner, who was found stabbed to death with his wife Michele inside their Brentwood, California home, in a Truth Social post. He tried to suggest that Reiner's “massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME" was responsible for his death.

In an interview with CNBC's Squawk Box, Johnson finally responded — and blamed the Capitol Hill press corps. — to questions about the president's remarks after journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin asked him to share his thoughts, prefacing it by saying he wouldn't "love" the question. ...

Republicans are cringing over President Donald Trump's attacks on late Hollywood legend Rob Reiner and believe his comments, plus the chaotic past 11 months, could cost them the House in upcoming midterm elections.

Trump mocked Reiner — who was found stabbed to death with his wife, Michele, in their Los Angeles home on Sunday — all while shifting his focus on important policies as GOP lawmakers have promised and pleaded to fix with voters, according to a Semafor report published Tuesday.

"Lawmakers in the president’s own party, who thought they were inured to his public persona, are cringing at Trump’s attack on a murdered film director and digesting unusually candid comments from his chief of staff — distractions from their harsh political reality as souring public sentiment threatens their control of Congress next year," Semafor reported. "They can’t seem to unify around a fix for rising health care premiums or tariff-shocked prices."...

Killed Hollywood legend Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer were seen in a heated argument with their son at Conan O'Brien's Christmas party the night before they were found stabbed to death, TMZ reported Monday.

Reiner, his wife and son, Nick Reiner, were reportedly at the party Saturday when they got into a "very loud argument," a family source told the outlet.

Los Angeles Police Department officials announced early Monday that the couple's 32-year-old son was taken into custody and booked on suspicion of murder, according to records. His bail was set at $4 million. ...

Actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer were found dead with apparent stab wounds in their Los Angeles home Sunday, according to reports.

The couple was found dead at their home in the 200 block of South Chadbourne Avenue in Brentwood. He was 78, and she was 68.

Los Angeles Police Department authorities were investigating the deaths as a homicide, Variety reported. ...

Actor and director Rob Reiner told CNN anchor Brianna Keilar "this may be the last time you ever see me" in response to speaking out against President Donald Trump and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr in the aftermath of comedian Jimmy Kimmel's suspension.

"This may be the last time you ever see me because ... there's only a couple of us that are speaking out in this hard way," Reiner said. "And I, we, hope and we know that there will be others. And so I don't think you can destroy a whole industry."

The award-winning director and author of "A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap," said that it's time for people to stand up against censorship and to protect First Amendment rights in the U.S. He also recently appeared on Kimmel's show to promote his film "Spinal Tap II: The End Continues." ...