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Why the massive merger of Netflix and Warner Bros. is proving so contentious

The massive deal to combine one of Hollywood’s oldest studios with a streaming giant hasn’t even been approved yet, but it’s already riling multiple related industries and politicians concerned about monopolies and media concentration. If approved by U.S. regulators, Netflix’s $72 billion proposal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery would merge …

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From Amazon to Lockheed Martin, these companies are helping build Trump’s contentious White House ballroom

The Democrats are promising to investigate how President Donald Trump and his administration moved ahead with a White House demolition that has proceeded at a rapid pace, as Americans have posted “RIP East Wing 1902-2025” on social media platforms. The East Wing was essentially fully gone by Thursday, after construction …

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Pam Bondi blasted by Democrats for enabling Trump targeting of rivals at contentious hearing

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi engaged in combative exchanges with Democrats at a Senate hearing in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, as she defended herself from accusations the Justice Department was being weaponized to serve President Donald Trump and target his political rivals.  Bondi was making the first appearance at the Senate’s …

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Ex-FBI director James Comey meets with Secret Service over contentious social post

Former FBI director James Comey met with the U.S. Secret Service on Friday, after he was called in to discuss a social media post that U.S. President Donald Trump’s supporters claimed was a threat against the president, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. Noem, in a post on X, …

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Victoria councillors defer vote on contentious housing strategy to next council

Victoria council has voted to defer a much-anticipated decision on a contentious housing initiative that could effectively rezone all single-family properties in the city to allow other types of housing to be built. Mayor Lisa Helps said a decision was made to defer the debate to the next council after the …

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