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Paramount Hopes to Finalize Warner Bros. Merger as Early as July | Report
Though Paramount’s pending merger with Warner Bros. Discovery is on track to close by the third quarter, or Sept. 30, the company is reportedly hoping to get the $110 billion deal over the finish line even sooner. Oliver Darcy’s Status reports the David Ellison-led media giant is internally eyeing July 15 as its target date…
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Ted Cruz gets all he can manage in heated exchange with TMZ reporter
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) got all he could manage from tabloid-turned-Washington watchdog TMZ as one of its reporters pressed him for answers. “I’m a little bit concerned that January 6 rioters, violent January 6 rioters who were convicted then pardoned, I’m a little bit worried that they’re going to be entitled to taxpayer money,” TMZ…
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Jesse Watters Blasted as a ‘Bootlicker’ After Passionately Defending Trump’s Thousands of Stock Trades
Jesse Watters faced pushback online after he issued a passionate defense of Donald Trump’s questionable stock trades, finding himself labeled a “bootlicker” for his response. During Tuesday’s episode of Fox News’ “The Five,” the conservative broadcaster addressed Trump’s investment portfolio, which made headlines after it was revealed that it made more than 3,600 trades during…
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Trump official helped fugitive foreign justice minister flee prosecution: report
A foreign minister accused of a slew of crimes, including stealing from a fund for crime victims, was able to flee his country with the help of a Trump official, according to a new report. Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro faces more than two dozen charges in his country related to alleged misuse of funds…
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Tom Steyer accuses Xavier Becerra of illegal influencer payments in California governor race
Progressive billionaire Tom Steyer is dealing with backlash from paying influencers to boost his bid for California governor — and now he’s accusing his main Democratic rival Xavier Becerra of doing exactly the same thing. The Steyer campaign filed a complaint Tuesday with the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission that accuses former Health and Human Services…
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Hayden Panettiere hints at identity of ‘very famous’ naked man she was put in bed with at 18
Hayden Panettiere revealed that the “very famous” and “undressed” man she was forced into bed with at just 18 years oldwas a “famous thirty-something British singer-songwriter.” The actress divulged the information on his identity in her new memoir, “This Is Me: A Reckoning,” which was released on Tuesday, after she initially opened up about the…
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Heads, Trump Wins
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Yesterday, the Department of Justice announced plans to settle Donald Trump’s personal lawsuit against the IRS over allegations that…
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Bill Cassidy delivers shock vote to rein in Trump days after high-profile primary loss
The Senate voted to advance a bill curbing President Donald Trump’s Iran war powers with the surprise support of Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA). According to The Associated Press, “Since Trump ordered the attack on Iran at the end of February, Democrats have forced repeated votes on war powers resolutions that would require him to either…
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Literary Prizewinners Are Facing AI Allegations. It Feels Like the New Normal
At first, the winners of the prestigious Commonwealth Short Story Prize for 2026 enjoyed the envy of their peers. But since their works of fiction earned this distinction, these authors have found themselves facing harsh scrutiny from the literary community, with several accused of enlisting generative artificial intelligence to write for them. The allegations have…
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MAGA judge’s massive overreach verges on ‘impeachable misconduct’: legal analyst
A federal judge in Texas has issued an order so extreme that it may rise to the level of impeachable conduct, Slate legal analyst Mark Joseph Stern argued Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, a George W. Bush appointee who previously tried to strike down the Affordable Care Act and ruled against the FDA’s approval…