DOJ Closes Investigation Into Paramount’s Acquisition of Warner Bros., Opening Door for Merger

Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles, on April 28, 2026. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) closed its antitrust investigation into Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on Friday, opening the door for the merger to proceed. According to a DOJ news release, the agency’s antitrust division found that

“It rips my heart apart”: U.S. military veteran calls on ICE to release wife

An American citizen who served in the U.S. Army and the Texas National Guard for roughly 20 years is desperately urging federal immigration officials to release his wife, who is facing deportation to her native Honduras. Retired Staff Sgt. Wilmer Trujillo said his wife, Arelys Barahona-Martinez, 40, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Trump says U.S. killed Tren de Aragua leader in airstrike

The U.S. military has killed the alleged leader of Venezuela-based gang Tren de Aragua, President Trump announced Friday. The president said on Truth Social that U.S. Southern Command carried out a “swift and lethal kinetic strike” to “successfully execute” Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, also known as Niño Guerrero. The mission was “closely coordinated” with the

U.S., Iran say they are closing in on an agreement

Both the U.S. and Iran said they are closing in on a final agreement that could be signed as soon as Sunday or Monday. It could launch further talks to wind down Iran’s nuclear ambitions, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end months of military hostilities. Ed O’Keefe has more. Original CBS News Link

Appeals court rejects request to keep Trump’s name on Kennedy Center

Washington — An appeals court late Friday rejected an emergency request from the Justice Department to let President Trump’s name to remain on the Kennedy Center’s signage, leaving in place a Friday deadline for the name to come down. U.S. District Court Judge Christopher Cooper determined last month that the president’s name was illegally added

Spy Power Lapses Amid Standoff Over Trump’s Intel Pick

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on June 11, 2026. Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—An important but controversial spy law has lapsed amid a partisan impasse over President Donald Trump’s choice of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence