A federal judge has now granted Paramount’s settlement agreement with 12 states that sued over the company’s takeover of Warner Bros

Paramount entered the final stages of merging with Warner Bros. Discovery on Wednesday afternoon, when a federal judge approved last week’s settlement of an antitrust lawsuit filed by state attorneys general.

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 […]

The merger is now expected to close as early as October 6.

The Federal Reserve's internal watchdog said it found no evidence a $2.5 billion project at the Fed's Washington headquarters violated federal law.

The Federal Reserve's Inspector General on Wednesday said ⁠it ⁠found no grounds for a criminal referral or administrative misconduct tied to ⁠cost overruns in a US central bank renovation project that had drawn scorn from President Donald Trump and an investigation of former Fed chief ​Jerome Powell.

The Federal Reserve's inspector general released its findings from an investigation into the cost overruns in a Fed renovation project, finding no administrative misconduct.

A Federal Reserve watchdog found no criminal wrongdoing by former chair Jerome Powell in its investigation of the central bank's expensive headquarters renovation, according to a report released on Wednesday. Why it matters: The findings effectively clear Powell after the Justice Department opened an unprecedented criminal investigation into then-Fed chair, which became public in January. What they're saying: "At no point during our evaluation...

President Donald Trump insisted his GOP convention in Dallas outstripped the NFL in terms of viewership when it aired in September.

Paxton has aligned himself with Trump, earning his primary endorsement.

It seemed a highly questionable decision even at the time — to hold an unorthodox GOP midterm convention dubbed “Trump-a-palooza” largely focused on a historically unpopular president. But President Donald Trump muscled the idea through anyway,

The New York Times reports that Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton blamed the GOP convention for a recent decline in polling. His adviser disputes the report.

Christa Pike tortured and murdered a classmate in 1995. She had been set to die on Wednesday, the first woman executed in the state in 200 years.

One of the youngest women sent to death row is set to be executed in Tennessee. Christa Pike was 18 when she killed classmate Colleen Slemmer in 1995.

If it proceeds, Pike would be the first woman to be executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years. Only 18 women have been executed in the US since the 1970s, compared to 1,663 men. "After deliberate consideration of Christa Gail Pike's request for clemency,

Tennessee is set to execute a woman for the first time in 200 years after the governor says he's not intervening to stop Christa Pike's execution. Now that decision is in the hands of the Supreme Court.

A timeline of the Cornell rape allegations, from the 2024 investigation and lawsuit to the district attorney’s decision to reopen the criminal inquiry.

A lawsuit detailing an alleged gang rape at Cornell University has captured the nation’s attention, sparking outrage and controversy and refocusing attention on a longstanding issue: sexual assault on college campus.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has called for an investigation into Cornell University’s handling of a 2024 gang rape allegation

The lawsuit over an alleged brutal gang rape at Cornell University has sparked collective rage, at the heart of which is a recognition that despite #MeToo, decades of campus protest, and pledges from administrators to do better,

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to announce further cuts to the number of generals and admirals in the military

Pete Hegseth's State of the Force address doubles last year's cuts, targeting a 20% reduction in general and flag officer billets across all services.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed Wednesday that the U.S. military will cut 20% of its generals and admirals as he delivered what he is calling his “State of the Force” address. Hegseth was speaking to junior officers and enlisted leaders at the Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia,

Defense Secretary to announce more reductions to high-ranking posts in State of the Force address: ‘Less generals, more GIs’