California Attorney General Rob Bonta challenged the Ellisons’ Warner Bros. deal, but Gavin Newsom and other Democratic figures pressed for settlement as Hollywood unions worried about a threatened move to Nashville and a costly deadline approached.
Patrick Industries wants to absorb Lippert in an $8 billion merger as Seaflo’s lawsuit details how an earlier exclusive agreement allegedly became a tool for suppressing competition in the already consolidated RV component market.
Politico was barred from Air Force One despite its assigned press pool duties, deepening a legal and political fight over the Trump administration’s attempts to restrict media access to the president and the White House.
Trump’s super PAC amassed more than $400 million but only recently committed about $140 million to midterm advertising, fueling a theory that the president would rather preserve his fortune for future influence, personal promotion and political insurance.
Regular gas is expected to remain above $4 per gallon and diesel above $6 on Election Day, leaving Republicans to face voters after Congress departed Washington without finding a policy capable of delivering meaningful relief.
Trump’s collapsing support has transformed once safe Republican contests into competitive races, giving Democrats a path to House and Senate control even as several Democratic candidates struggle against local problems and a wider anti incumbent backlash.
A Demand Justice report argues that decades of corporate and conservative legal organizing have turned federal courts into barriers against antitrust enforcement, worker protections, agency independence, and other progressive reforms, while Democratic appointees also draw criticism.
In her final hours leading DHS, Kristi Noem directed lavish airplane spending toward a donor’s company, capping a tenure marked by costly contracts, promotional ads, disputed immigration claims, and criticism from Republican Sen. Thom Tillis.