White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles joined President Donald Trump on his trip to Delaware to honor two U.S. service members who were killed in an attack in Syria over the weekend.
Wiles recently made headlines after her interviews withVanity Fair provided candid insights about Trump’s inner circle, including describing the president as having “an alcoholic’s personality” and claiming Vice President JD Vance has been a “conspiracy theorist for a decade.” She has since labeled the story a “disingenuously framed hit piece.”
She accompanied the president along with other top administration officials for a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base.
Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard and Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, two Iowa National Guard soldiers, and Ayad Sakat, a U.S. civilian interpreter, were killed in Saturday’s attack near Palmyra.
Trump is returning to the White House to deliver a primetime address.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Tuesday that the president plans to “talk a lot about the accomplishments over the past 11 months, all that he's done to bring our country back to greatness, and all he continues to plan to do to continue delivering for the American people over the next three years."
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- Everything we know about Trump's address to the nation
- Trump attends dignified transfer of remains of National Guardsmen killed in Syria
- What have Trump officials said about the bombshell Vanity Fair article?
- Approval rating of Trump's of handling the economy hits new low: poll
- Trump calls for ‘total and complete blockade’ of sanctioned oil tankers from Venezuela
"I know Trump has an ‘alcoholic’s personality’ because I have one too"
20:50 , Charlotte CrippsI am a recovering alcoholic who has been sober for over 20 years and I, like Susie, recognise the red flag ‘alcoholic’s personality’ traits rather too vividly in Trump. For me, it’s a case of ‘if you spot it, you got it’.
I recognise Trump’s ‘alcoholic’s personality’ because I have one too
Full story: White House adds plaques below Biden and Obama portraits, calling them ‘the worst President in American history’ and ‘divisive’
20:30 , Ariana BaioWhite House staff updated the so-called “Presidential Walk of Fame” Wednesday by adding lengthy descriptions of each former president, in rhetoric that aligns with President Donald Trump’s – such as calling former President Joe Biden “the worst President in American History.”
White House adds insulting plaques below Biden and Obama portraits
Watch: Trump salutes during dignified transfer ceremony
20:15 , Alex WoodwardTrump was joined by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Ioa Governor Kim Reynolds, among others, as caskets carrying the bodies of two Iowa National Guard service members arrived at Dover Air Force Base.
.@POTUS witnesses the dignified transfer of the three American Patriots killed in Syria over the weekend.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 17, 2025
May God bless their families, may God bless our military, and may God bless the United States of America. pic.twitter.com/1DUJLF0Wna
Trump attends dignified transfer of remains of National Guardsmen killed in Syria
19:58 , Alex WoodwardDonald Trump and administration officials have arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware during a dignified transfer of the remains of two Iowa National Guard members killed in Syria.
Trump-appointed judge argues noncitizens don’t have Constitutional rights
19:50 , Kelly RissmanA federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump has argued that the U.S. Constitution does not apply to noncitizen immigrants, claiming that the founding principle of “We the people” extends only to American citizens.
Appeals court Judge Amul Thapar, who Trump put on a short list of contenders for a Supreme Court nomination during his first term, argued this week that “the people” refers only to “citizens of the United States who consented to its government.”
Thapar partially agreed with the majority’s ruling to uphold a federal law that blocks immigrants who entered the United States without legal permission from possessing firearms.
Alex Woodward has the story.
Trump-appointed judge argues noncitizens don’t have Constitutional rights
WATCH: Fani Willis fires back at GOP-led committee probing Trump case
19:30 , Kelly RissmanIn photos: White House updates 'Presidential Walk of Fame' with president's own spin on his predecessors
19:10 , Kelly RissmanThe White House updated its “Presidential Walk of Fame” — a series of gold-framed photos of former presidents outside the Oval Office — by including plaques below the images.
For example, the plaque for Trump’s predecessor refers to him as “Sleepy Joe Biden” who “was, by far, the worst President in American History.”
Perpetuating Trump’s 2020 election fraud claims, Biden’s plaque reads: “Taking office as a result of the most corrupt Election ever seen in the United States, Biden oversaw a series of unprecedented disasters that brought our Nation to the brink of destruction.”
Appeals court allows National Guard to stay in D.C. for now
18:50 , Kelly Rissman & Alex WoodwardAn appeals court allowed President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard in the nation’s capital as the legal challenge plays out.
Since August, 2,000 members of the National Guard have been deployed to D.C. A federal judge last month ruled the move was “unlawful.”
Now, a three-judge panel temporarily halted that ruling, writing in a Wednesday order: “Because the District of Columbia is a federal district created by Congress, rather than a constitutionally sovereign entity like the fifty States, the Defendants appear on this early record likely to prevail on the merits of their argument that the President possesses a unique power within the District — the seat of the federal government — to mobilize the Guard.”
The panel emphasized that its decision was not based on the merits of the case, which will be fleshed out in the lower court.
Today’s decision rests “solely on the district court’s preliminary determinations about the source of legal authority for the National Guard deployments in the District that underlay that court’s issuance of preliminary relief,” they said.
The judges also feared the “back-and-forth withdrawal and redeployment of guard members pending the completion of litigation.”
ICYMI: The major takeaways from Vanity Fair’s interviews with Trump ‘ice maiden’ Susie Wiles
18:30 , Kelly RissmanDonald Trump’s “ice maiden” and one of the most politically powerful women in the world has offered a series of candid and often damning assessments of the president’s first year back in office and the people he appointed to shape his presidency.
In interviews with Vanity Fair’s Chris Whipple, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles described the president as having “an alcoholic’s personality,” said Vice President JD Vance has been a “conspiracy theorist for a decade,” labeled Elon Musk an “avowed ketamine” user who lurked in Washington, D.C., like Nosferatu, and described budget director Russell Vought as a “right-wing absolute zealot."
Attorney General Pam Bondi “completely whiffed” the administration’s handling of investigative files surrounding Jeffrey Epstein, according to Wiles, who also appeared to admit that the president lied when he claimed Bill Clinton visited the sex offender’s private island more than two dozen times.
Alex Woodward has the story.
The major takeaways from Vanity Fair’s interviews with Susie Wiles
Jack Smith's team had 'proof beyond reasonable doubt' against Trump: report
18:10 , Kelly RissmanJack Smith, the former DOJ special prosecutor tapped to investigate Donald Trump in now-abandoned cases, told lawmakers Wednesday that his team “developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that Trump criminally conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Smith sat for a private deposition before the House Judiciary Committee about the pair of federal probes — that have since been dropped — into Trump between his two terms.
In his opening remarks, he said, according to MS NOW: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Smith added: “If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether the President was a Republican or Democrat.”
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle urge Johnson to 'immediately' bring vote on extending ACA tax credits
17:50 , Kelly RissmanAll eyes are on House Speaker Mike Johnson after four Republicans joined the Democrats’ discharge petition to extend expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits for three years.
The four GOP lawmakers signed the petition on Wednesday, bringing it to the necessary 218-signature threshold to force a House vote.
Extending the ACA subsidies was a sticking point of the longest-ever government shutdown earlier this year. Now Republicans and Democrats alike are calling out Johnson, urging him to vote on the measure “immediately.”
“Johnson must bring this to the House floor immediately. Congress should not leave for a holiday break until we vote to protect healthcare for 25 million people,” Florida Democratic Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost said on X.
The bipartisan petition to force a vote on extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits now has enough signatures.
— Maxwell Alejandro Frost (@MaxwellFrostFL) December 17, 2025
Johnson must bring this to the House floor immediately. Congress should not leave for a holiday break until we vote to protect healthcare for 25 million people.
A House Republican told Punchbowl News:“If this isn’t an indictment of the Speaker, I don’t know what is. He has failed this institution and his members.”
New York Rep. Mike Lawler, one of the four Republicans to sign the petition, wrote on X: “While I have been working for a bipartisan compromise with reforms, the failure of leadership to allow a vote on the floor left me with no choice but to sign the Democrats discharge petition.”
He added: “The Speaker should immediately bring it to the floor for an up or down vote and let the House do the work of the American people.“
This morning I signed the discharge for the clean 3-year extension of the enhanced premium tax credit. While I have been working for a bipartisan compromise with reforms, the failure of leadership to allow a vote on the floor left me with no choice but to sign the Democrats…
— Mike Lawler (@lawler4ny) December 17, 2025
Four Republicans defy Mike Johnson to sign Democratic petition to force vote on healthcare subsidies
17:30 , Kelly RissmanFour Republicans from swing districts defied House Speaker Mike Johnson to side with the Democrats to sign a discharge petition to force a vote to extend the expanded health care tax credits for the Affordable Care Act.
Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Mike Lawler of New York, Ryan Mackenzie of Pennsylvania and Rob Bresnahan joined a discharge petition sponsored by House Minority Leader to extend the expanded tax credits for the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplace.
This comes as the tax credits–which Joe Biden signed during in 2021 during the throes of the Covid-19 pandemic and which he extended in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act–are set to expire at the end of the month. More than 22 million people who receive their insurance on the marketplace risk seeing their premiums double or triple.
Eric Garcia has the story.
Four Republicans join Democrats to defy Mike Johnson to force healthcare vote
'Left with no choice': GOP lawmaker signed Democrats' petition after 'failure of leadership'
17:10 , Kelly RissmanNew York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler took aim at House Speaker Mike Johnson, saying he signed the Democrats’ discharge petition to force a vote on a three-year extension of expiring healthcare subsidies after “the failure of leadership to allow a vote on the floor.”
Lawler was one of the four GOP lawmakers to sign the petition, bringing it the necessary 218 signatures to compel a vote on the House floor.
“This morning I signed the discharge for the clean 3-year extension of the enhanced premium tax credit. While I have been working for a bipartisan compromise with reforms, the failure of leadership to allow a vote on the floor left me with no choice but to sign the Democrats discharge petition,” the New York Republican wrote on X.
“The Speaker should immediately bring it to the floor for an up or down vote and let the House do the work of the American people,” he added.
Lawler was joined by three fellow House Republicans: Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Rob Bresnahan and Ryan Mackenzie.
WATCH: Billionaire urges Trump to run for president in 2028 claiming it's 'legal'
16:50 , Kelly RissmanNew York Governor Kathy Hochul trolls Trump over address to nation
16:30 , Kelly RissmanThe press office of New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul trolled President Donald Trump over his upcoming address to the nation.
He’s set to appear at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Trump will discuss his “accomplishments over the past 11 months.”
In response to a clip of Leavitt speaking to reporters, Hochul’s office wrote: “Should be a pretty short speech!”
Trump claims he has been offered $250M for run for unconstitutional third term in office
16:10 , Kelly RissmanPresident Donald Trump claimed that Israeli-American mega-donor Miriam Adelson offered him $250 million to run for an unconstitutional third term in 2028 — an idea he’s repeatedly teased.
At a White House Hanukkah reception on Tuesday night, Trump spoke glowingly of Adelson before bringing her up on stage.
“Miriam gave my campaign indirectly and directly $250 million, she was the number one,” the Republican president said to a crowd of people in the East Room. “When somebody can give you $250 million, I think that we should give her the opportunity to say hello.”
Adelson — who was married to billionaire Sheldon Adelson until his death in 2021 — then stood behind the podium and revealed she had just met with Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard Law School professor who served as an attorney for Jeffrey Epstein.
She claimed to have spoken with Dershowitz “about four more years,” before adding: “I say Alan, I agree with you, so we can do it!”
Brendan Rascius has the story.
Trump claims he has been offered $250M for run for unconstitutional third term
Discharge petition on healthcare subsidies gets final signature to force House vote
15:52 , Kelly RissmanHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced that a discharge petition on extending expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies for three years has reached the necessary 218 signatures to compel a vote on the House floor.
Extending the ACA tax credits was a sticking point of the government shutdown earlier this year — the longest on record.
“Our bipartisan petition to force a vote on a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits now has 218 signatures,” Jeffries wrote in a social media post Wednesday morning.
He called on House Speaker Mike Johnson to “bring the bill to the floor immediately.”
Four GOP lawmakers — Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Mike Lawler, Rob Bresnahan and Ryan Mackenzie — joined Democrats and signed the petition Wednesday, bringing it to the 218-signature threshold.
Approval rating of how Trump's handling the economy hits new low: poll
15:30 , Kelly RissmanA Marist poll, published Wednesday, suggests Americans are frustrated with how the president is handling the economy.
Just more than one-third of Americans — 36 percent — say they approve of how President Donald Trump is handling the economy, while 57 percent disapprove, and 8 percent are unsure.
Meanwhile, 38 percent approve of the overall job he’s doing while 54 percent disapprove.
Trump calls for ‘total and complete blockade’ of sanctioned oil tankers from Venezuela in escalation of tensions
15:10 , Kelly RissmanPresident Donald Trump has called for a “total and complete blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers from Venezuela in an escalation of tensions with the South American country.
The president’s latest announcement comes as part of the Trump administration’s pressure campaign against Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro.
Trump has placed hundreds of American troops and ships near Venezuela’s coastline and U.S. forces last week seized an oil tanker off the country’s coast, an unusual move that followed a buildup of military forces in the region.
Rhian Lubin has the story.
Trump calls for ‘complete blockade’ of sanctioned oil tankers from Venezuela
Another Congressional lawmaker announces he won't run again in 2026
14:50 , Kelly RissmanWashington Rep. Dan Newhouse, one of two Republicans left in Congress who voted to impeach Trump after the January 6 Capitol riot, announced he will not seek re-election.
In a statement Wednesday, Newhouse said the decision “comes with no reservations or remorse, only gratitude for the tremendous opportunity to have represented my home state in Congress.”
Read his full statement here:
As of last month, 50 members of Congress — 20 Democrats and 30 Republicans — were not seeking re-election in 2026, according to The Hill.
WATCH: Melania Trump releases documentary trailer
14:30 , Kelly RissmanWhat have Trump officials said about the bombshell Vanity Fair article?
14:10 , Kelly RissmanVanity Fair published an explosive article in which White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles provided a rare look into Trump’s orbit.
In the piece, Wiles said the president had an “alcoholic’s personality,” called Vice President JD Vance a “conspiracy theorist,” and conceded that she believed Attorney. General Pam Bondi “completely whiffed” on releasing the Epstein Files.
Following the article’s publication, Wiles slammed it as a “disingenuously framed hit piece,” claiming that “significant context” was disregarded.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt similarly told reporters that the article was “another example of disingenuous reporting” and that Wiles’ quotes were taken “wildly” out of context.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed that the magazine “deliberately manipulated pictures and reported statements without context to try and make the WH team look bad,” adding “there is nobody more loyal or committed to President Trump’s mission than Susie Wiles,” he wrote on X.
However, the president, a teetotaler, stood by Wiles’ description. “I’ve said that many times about myself. I’m fortunate I’m not a drinker. If I did, I could very well, because I’ve said that — what’s the word? Not possessive — possessive and addictive type personality,” he told the New York Post. “Oh, I’ve said it many times, many times before.”
Trailer for upcoming Melania documentary, made by her new production company, released
13:50 , Kelly RissmanFirst Lady Melania Trump posted a trailer for her upcoming film MELANIA, which will hit theaters on January 30.
“Here we go again,” the first lady says at the start of the clip.
The documentary covers the 20 days before she returned to the White House as first lady.
Later, she says: “Together, we’re like-minded leaders. We have a voice.”
Last month, she announced the launch of her production company Muse Films, which is behind the upcoming documentary.
Donald Trump is 'strongly' considering a change on cannabis laws
13:30 , Owen ScottDonald Trump says he is considering an executive order to reclassify cannabis.
The move could significantly reshape the US cannabis industry, ease criminal penalties, and unlock substantial research funding.
“We are looking at that very strongly,” Mr Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, responding to reports of his intention to direct federal health and law enforcement agencies to treat cannabis as a Schedule III drug.
Trevor Hunnicutt has the full report...
Donald Trump ‘strongly’ considering cannabis law change
Pictured: Vanity Fair's surreal headshots of Trump's inner circle
13:10 , Owen ScottVanity Fair took a series of headshots for their bombshell interview with Susie Wiles, which has ignited a firestorm on the internet.
Instagram users said that the image of JD Vance should come with a “content warning,” with another describing one of the images as a “mugshot.”
However, the photographer, Christopher Anderson, says the images were meant to be honest portraits.
“Very close-up portraiture has been a fixture in a lot of my work over the years,” Anderson told The Independent. “Particularly, political portraits that I’ve done over the years. I like the idea of penetrating the theater of politics.”
“I know there’s a lot to be made with, ‘Oh, he intentionally is trying to make people look bad’ and that kind of thing – that’s not the case,” Anderson continued. “If you look at my photograph work, I’ve done a lot of close-ups in the same style with people of all political stripes.”
Everything we know about Trump's address to the nation
12:50 , Kelly RissmanPresident Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he plans to give an address to the nation Wednesday at 9 p.m. from the White House.
“I look forward to ‘seeing’ you then. It has been a great year for our Country, and THE BEST IS YET TO COME!” the president wrote on his Truth Social platform Tuesday.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt later informed reporters that Trump will “talk a lot about the accomplishments over the past 11 months, all that he's done to bring our country back to greatness, and all he continues to plan to do to continue delivering for the American people over the next three years."
Trump announced the address shortly after he ordered a “total and complete blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers going in and coming out of Venezuela, escalating tensions with the South American country.
Watch: Trump says his Russia envoy knows 'nothing about Russia'
12:35 , Owen ScottDonald Trump has claimed that Steve Witkoff was chosen to lead peace negotiations with Russia and Ukraine because he has the “best personality.”
Trump also claimed Witkoff “knew nothing about Russia” before taking on the role.
Witkoff was slammed by European officials for refusing to consult with experts on the war, as well as his 28-point peace plan which heavily favored Russia.
Susie Wiles confirms Trump is in the Epstein files
12:15 , Owen ScottSusie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, has confirmed that Trump is in the Epstein files.
She claimed that the late sex offender and Trump were “young, single playboys together,” while speaking to Vanity Fair as part of a series of eleven interviews.
“Whether he was an American CIA asset, a Mossad asset, whether all these rich, important men went to that nasty island and did unforgivable things to young girls,” she said, referring to Epstein, “I mean, I kind of knew it, but it’s never anything I paid a bit of attention to.”
Trump’s chief of staff confirms Trump is in the Epstein files as she torches Bondi
Watch: Billionaire encourages Trump to run for unprecedented second term
11:53 , Owen ScottBillionaire Miriam Adelson said that Donald Trump should run for an unprecedented third term during a White House Hanukkah celebration.
As the GOP megadonor spoke, the crowd shouted “four more years,” before Trump quipped that she had offered to donate “another $250 million.”
Oil prices jump up after Trump ordered Venezuela blockade
11:27 , Owen ScottOil prices rose by more than 1.5% on Wednesday, after Donald Trump ordered a blockade on tankers from Venezuela.
“The move marks a significant escalation in U.S. pressure on Venezuela and follows the recent seizure of a tanker, raising the risk that prolonged disruptions could affect exports of roughly 590,000 barrels per day, most of which are destined for China,” Soojin Kim, an analyst at Japan’s MUFG, told the Wall Street Journal.
As oil prices climb so do other costs, as energy becomes more expensive. Supply chains also become threatened as exports become more expensive too.
Meanwhile, Trump has threatened that the U.S.’s military presence in the region will “only get bigger.”
Trump steps up feud with UK media organization, the BBC
11:11 , Owen ScottDonald Trump sued the British Broadcasting Company in a $10 billion lawsuit due to a Panorama documentary aired by the UK media organization.
In one episode of the news program, the BBC stitched together two parts of a speech delivered by Trump, which appeared to show him calling on supporters to riot on January 6, 2021.
“We’re going to walk down to the Capitol … and I’ll be there with you. And we fight. We fight like hell,” Trump says in the show, when both halves of that statement were actually separate.
However, experts have said that Trump’s lawsuit is unlikely to succeed.
The president has been forced to sue the BBC in Florida, since the statute of limitations has already run out in Britain.
It is much harder to prove defamation in the U.S. than it is in the U.K., as claimants must prove the defamatory comments were said with malice.
Also, Trump will have to prove that the broadcast defamed him in the U.S. However, it is unlikely that the Panorama documentary aired in the United States making that claim difficult to prove.
Report reveals cracks in Trump's MAGA base
11:03 , Owen ScottFractures in Donald Trump’s formerly rock-solid MAGA base appear to be deepening, a new poll suggests.
The survey found that support for the GOP leader has continued to leak away since April, with his approval figures continuing to worsen throughout his presidency.
The poll, conducted by the NBC News Decision Desk, found that both mainstream Republicans and those who identify as MAGA reported dissatisfaction with Trump.
Read the full report here...
Is MAGA tiring of Trump? New poll shows cracks in the president’s base
Vanity Fair journalist hits out at criticisms of article:
10:59 , Owen ScottChris Whipple, the Vanity Fair writer who conducted a fiery interview with Susie Wiles, has hit back at the White House’s accusation that he wrote a “hit piece” on the Trump administration.
In the piece, he wrote that Wiles claimed that Trump had an “alcoholic’s personality.”
He also reported that Wiles believes JD Vance is a conspiracy theorist and that Elon Musk was an “avowed” ketamine user.
Although Wiles has since claimed that the context of her claims had been “disregarded,” Whipple says that “Everything is on tape.”
Read the full report here...
Vanity Fair writer hits out at criticism of Susie Wiles interview by the White House
Watch: Karoline Leavitt slams bombshell Vanity Fair article
10:53 , Owen ScottKaroline Leavitt has claimed that the Vanity Fair article detailing an interview with Susie Wiles was “disingenuous reporting.”
She also suggested that the reporter behind the article, Chris Whipple, was trying to push a narrative of “chaos and confusion” at the White House.
Pete Hegseth won't release unedited footage of his double-tap strike on alleged drug boat
10:40 , Owen ScottPete Hegseth says the Department of Defense will not publicly release unedited footage of the military’s double-tap strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat.
“In keeping with longstanding policy, of course we’re not going to release a top-secret, full, unedited video of that to the general public,” Hegseth said.
He has been accused of issuing an order to “kill everybody” on board the vessel on September 2, prompting the military to strike the vessel.
When it was revealed that there were survivors clinging to the wreckage, a second strike was launched.
Chuck Schumer, the Democratic Senate Minority Leader, has said that every senator has a right to see the footage of the attack.
“If they can’t be transparent on this, how can they be transparent on all the other issues swirling about the Caribbean?” he said.
Gavin Newsom trolls Trump with website tracking 'criminal cronies'
10:29 , Owen ScottCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom has found a new way to troll the Trump administration by launching a website that tracks President Donald Trump’s “criminal cronies.”
Newsom’s team launched the site Tuesday, along with crime statistics that show falling rates of violent crime across major cities in California.
“With crime dropping — again — California is proving what real public safety leadership looks like,” Newsom said. “Meanwhile in D.C., Trump is a felon who surrounds himself with scammers and drug traffickers.”
Rhian Lubin has the full report...
Gavin Newsom unveils new method to troll Trump
Watch: MTG blasts Trump for his comments on Rob Reiner's death
10:19 , Owen ScottMarjorie Taylor Greene has slammed Donald Trump in their latest verbal spat since their political break-up.
Greene has branded his comments about the death of Rob Reiner as “classless” and “below the office of the President of the United States.”
The president claimed that Reiner was murdered because of “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” despite the director’s son, Nick, being arrested and charged for the crime.
US strikes more alleged drug boats from Venezuela
10:11 , Owen ScottThe United States Military killed eight people in strikes on alleged drug boats on Monday, in an attack ordered by Pete Hegseth.
“On 15 December at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted lethal kinetic strikes on three vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters,” U.S Southern Command confirmed on X.
That has raised the number of people killed by the U.S. in bombing raids on the boats to 95. The attacks began in September and have become increasingly controversial as critics question their legality.
Trump scrambles to defend his Chief of Staff following Vanity Fair article
10:08 , Owen ScottDonald Trump has rushed to Susie Wiles’ defence, after her interview with Vanity Fair set the internet ablaze.
Wiles, the White House Chief of Staff, claimed that the president had the personality of an ‘alcoholic’ and that Elon Musk had been ‘microdosing’ drugs.
She also claimed that Musk was using ketamine and that JD Vance was a conspiracy theorist.
However, Trump told the New York Post that Wiles is “fantastic,” despite the scandal.
The Vanity Fair interview was unexpected, given Wiles’ reputation for being extremely private.
She is often referred to as the “Ice Maiden” for her role in ruthlessly driving Donald Trump’s campaign.
Trump orders 'complete' blockade of Venezuelan oil
09:58 , Owen ScottDonald Trump has called for a “total and complete blockade” of oil tankers from Venezuela, ramping up tensions with the South American petrostate.
Last week, U.S. troops seized a tanker with the president claiming on Truth Social that Venezuelan President Maduro is using oil to fund his alleged “drug terrorism, human trafficking, murder and kidnapping.”
“Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America,” Trump wrote. “It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us.”
It is unknown what land or oil has been stolen by Venezuela.
Watch: Trump claims fentanyl is 'weapon of mass destruction' amid feud with Venezuela over alleged drug boats
09:53 , Owen ScottDonald Trump has classified fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, claiming that “two hundred thousand, three hundred thousand” die every year from the drug.
He has long claimed that fentanyl has entered the United States via drug boats from Venezuela.
That idea has formed the basis of Pete Hegseth’s strikes on the alleged drug boats, although the former Fox & Friends host has now been accused by critics of committing a war crime.
Donald Trump will address the nation at 9 pm in prime-time briefing
09:46 , Owen ScottDonald Trump has confirmed that he will address the nation at 9 pm EST in a passionate Truth Social post.
“My Fellow Americans: I will be giving an ADDRESS TO THE NATION tomorrow night, LIVE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, at 9 P.M. EST,” Trump wrote. “I look forward to “seeing” you then.
“It has been a great year for our Country, and THE BEST IS YET TO COME!”
The president has not yet confirmed what the broadcast will focus on.
Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, told reporters that the address will allow Trump to tout his successes.
"The best is truly yet to come, as he often says, and so he’ll be addressing the country about all of his historic accomplishments over the past year and maybe teasing some policy that will be coming in the new year, as well as we head into this Christmas season," she said, according to NBC News.
