President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By LUKE BROADWATER President Donald Trump delivered an 18-minute prime time speech to the nation Wednesday evening, arguing that the economy under his leadership is in better shape than many Americans believe. The president has been on the defensive recently over the issue of affordability, w

By SOUMYA KARLAMANGLA Nick Reiner appeared briefly in court Wednesday morning, a day after he was charged with murder in the death of his parents, celebrated director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. Nick Reiner, 32, had been scheduled to appear in Los Angeles Superior Court for an arraignment, during which he was expected to enter a plea. But his lawyer, Alan Jackson, told the court that it was “too early” for a plea and that he and the prosecution had agreed to delay t

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, May 15, 2025. Lawler and three other politically vulnerable House Republicans are teaming up with Democrats to force a vote in early 2026 on a three-year extension of expanded Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire at the end of 2025. (Al Drago for The New York Times) By MICHAEL GOLD In a striking rebellion against Speaker Mike Johnson, four politically vulnerable House Repub

Rob Reiner in Los Angeles on Oct. 15, 1998. Any semblance of equilibrium in the life of Reiner’s son Nick was shattered when his parents, the Hollywood director, 78, and Michele Singer Reiner, 70, were found stabbed to death in their Los Angeles home on Sunday. Nick Reiner, 32, was arrested on suspicion of murder and is being held without bail. (Monica Almeida/The New York Times) By JULIA JACOBS and NICOLE SPERLING After Nick Reiner entered his first drug treatment program ar

By JENNY GROSS Michelle Obama said on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” late Monday that she and her husband, former President Barack Obama, had plans to see filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, on the day they were found dead in their Los Angeles home. “We were supposed to be seeing them that night — last night,” she told Jimmy Kimmel during an interview on the show. “Rob and Michele Reiner are some of the most decent, courageous people you ever want to know. “They a

Crime scene tape and flowers left outside the Barus and Holley Building on the Brown University campus in Providence, R.I., on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. Police officers went door to door through the streets of Rhode Island’s capital city on Monday afternoon in search of video footage that might help them track down the gunman who killed two students and injured nine others at Brown University this weekend. (Christopher Capozziello/The New York Times) By JACEY FORTIN The gunman w

Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) listens as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 2, 2025. Bill and Hillary Clinton have repeatedly offered to provide sworn statements, but Representative James R. Comer has threatened to hold them in contempt of Congress if they fail to appear. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By ANNIE KARNI A quiet, monthslong battle between Rep. James R. Comer of Kentucky, the Republican chair of the Oversight Commi

The film director Rob Reiner speaks about a California ballot initiative to increase the tax on cigarettes to hapy pay for health and education programs to children in Los Angeles on Oct. 15, 1998. Investigators in Los Angeles continue to search for clues on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, in the deaths of Reiner and his wife, the producer Michele Singer Reiner, as tributes poured in from Hollywood and across the nation. (Monica Almeida/The New York Times) By MATT STEVENS, SHAWN HUBLE