A federal judge has approved the negotiated settlement that clears the way for Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery to merge. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, determined that the proposed settlement “reflects a procedurally sound resolution” of the legal dispute. Martinez-Olguin’s decision came almost one week after […]
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), the chairman of Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, said Ken Paxton was “just wrong” to suggest President Donald Trump’s visit to Texas in September was a drag on his candidacy. “The truth of the matter is, President Trump and the midterm convention was a boost in the right direction,” Scott told reporters […]
The country is preparing to vote for a stream of candidates down the ballot in November, while millions have already cast their votes or are planning to do so ahead of the general election. Early voting is underway in multiple states, while deadlines to register to vote are looming in others. Here are some key […]
The race to determine who will lead one of the United States’s largest cities took a twist Tuesday, when the two women battling to win Los Angeles’s mayoral race sharply diverged over Israel. While the California metropolis holds the second-largest population of Jewish residents in the U.S., the issue of antisemitism, which is surging in […]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) filed a lawsuit Wednesday against former special counsel Jack Smith over the subpoena of her phone records he issued during the Arctic Frost investigation. Blackburn also alleged his appointment was unlawful. Smith faced a grilling before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday over his investigation and prosecution of President Donald Trump […]
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham agreed with the White House about the suspected role of Iran in a terrorism scare outside an air base in England. Five British nationals ranging in age from 23 to 25 were arrested Sunday on suspicion of a terrorist plot near the Royal Air Force Fairford Base outside Gloucestershire. White […]
The pilot who unlocked the cockpit door of a hijacked Flydubai flight after getting stabbed to allow passengers to storm the cockpit was identified by officials as Indian national Smit Machchhar. Machchhar was first identified in Indian media, which was followed by a confirmation from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Indian Embassy in […]
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is calling for the resignation of FBI Director Kash Patel after a transcript of the alleged Jan. 6 pipe bomber’s interrogation has been released. The extent of the FBI’s alleged mistreatment of Brian Cole Jr. was revealed in the defendant’s motion to suppress statements he made during his custodial interrogation on […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican Senate candidate, missed Vice President JD Vance’s South Texas swing at the Harlingen Convention Center on Wednesday afternoon. Vance visited Texas to boost Republican candidate Eric Flores in his race against Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) over the state’s 34th Congressional District. Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) was also not […]
Sen. Jim Justice (R-WV) backpedaled criticism Wednesday that the Trump administration’s deportation agenda was hurting rural communities amid warnings from the cattle industry about hits to the agriculture labor force. Justice, who previously suggested the administration should “adjust” its immigration-enforcement strategy, said he “full stop” supports President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts and accused the […]
