FCC Approves Paramount’s $8 Billion Merger Deal With Skydance

The Paramount Pictures logo is displayed in front of Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on Jan. 31, 2024. Mario Tama/Getty Images The Trump administration approved CBS parent company Paramount Global’s $8 billion merger with Skydance, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr said on July 24. “The FCC has approved Skydance’s purchase of CBS after

Despite Trump’s threat to block new Commanders’ stadium, D.C. council announces deal

The Washington, D.C., city council chairman announced Thursday that a deal has been reached between the city and the Washington Commanders on an amended stadium agreement, despite threats earlier this week from President Trump to block any deal.  The NFL team is in negotiations with the district over their plans to build a new stadium

3 immigration judges speak out about their firings: “It was arbitrary, unfair”

Washington — George Pappas, Jennifer Peyton and Carla Espinoza were all federal immigration judges fired this month by email. The three ruled on thousands of immigration cases in Chicago and Boston.  “It was arbitrary, unfair,” Pappas told CBS News of his firing. “And it’s an attack on the rule of law. It’s an attack on

Trump signs executive order laying out new rules for money in college sports and NIL deals

President Trump on Thursday introduced new rules for the name, image and likeness and revenue-sharing deals that have shaken up college sports in recent years, seeking to rein in what the White House called an “out-of-control, rudderless system.” The executive order seeks to ban “third-party, pay-for-play payments to collegiate athletes,” while still allowing athletes to