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Contempt Threats, Stabbings, and Hanukkah Shooting Shock Nation

12/17/2025

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Howie Kurtz reports that Republican Congressman James Comer is threatening contempt of Congress proceedings against the Clintons for their refusal to testify in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
Howie Kurtz covers the investigation into the stabbing death of Director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele.
Howie Kurtz addresses an anti-Semitic mass shooting at a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.

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Howie Kurtz reports that Republican Congressman James Comer is threatening contempt of Congress proceedings against the Clintons for their refusal to testify in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
Howie Kurtz covers the investigation into the stabbing death of Director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele.
Howie Kurtz addresses an anti-Semitic mass shooting at a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.