Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison suggested his company is planning to keep CNN and CBS News as separate brands Thursday after ultimately merging with Warner Bros. Discovery. Ever since Paramount beat Netflix in its higher bid to acquire WBD last week, media industry figures have raised concerns about how the to-be-combined company will manage CNN […]

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) is familiar with public conflicts in Congress, as he faces another one over his confirmation as the next Homeland Security secretary. President Donald Trump tapped Mullin, a former professional wrestler who trained as an MMA fighter, to become the next DHS secretary on Thursday, replacing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on March 31. […]

Senate Democrats aren’t backing down from their shutdown demands to restrict Immigration and Customs Enforcement despite President Donald Trump on Thursday firing Kristi Noem as Department of Homeland Security secretary and nominating Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) as her replacement. Democrats concede Mullin presents an “upgrade” from Noem’s rocky handling of the agency and Trump’s deportation […]

President Donald Trump dodged a rebuke of his authorization of strikes against Iran, this time in the House, after a handful of centrist Democrats voted to tank a bipartisan war powers resolution. The resolution, sponsored by Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY), failed 219-212. Four Democrats joined almost all Republicans in voting against […]