Trump plans to play a role in proposed Netflix, Warner Brothers deal: ‘I’ll be involved’
Mergers and acquisitions are not supposed to be answered by executives’ proximity to and relationship with the sitting president. And yet, here we are.
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Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 12.8.25: Allred switches from Senate to House race
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
How a round of golf led to one of Trump’s most bizarre pardons
Why did the president derail a corruption case filed by his own Justice Department? It started with a chat on a golf course with a Fox News host.
Why Americans should care about Aaron Siri’s work with RFK Jr.
Siri famously petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine. His ongoing work with Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. matters.
Hegseth hedges on releasing video of the ‘double-tap’ boat strike, despite Trump’s vow
The president said his team would “certainly release, no problem” the footage of the alleged war crime. His Pentagon chief has taken a very different line.
Senate Republicans play dumb on Trump pardon for notorious foreign drug trafficker
Some prominent GOP senators were asked to defend last week’s pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández. It did not go well.
Trump hosts Kennedy Center Honors, prioritizing playing over governing
Who’s calling the shots in the White House while Trump pursues his many self-indulgent distractions, playing in the world’s most powerful sandbox?
GOP’s Bill Cassidy criticizes Kennedy’s vaccine panel, but the senator isn’t prepared to act
In a brutal week for public health, the chairman on the Senate health committee could act. So why doesn’t he?
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