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Month: September 2026

Paramount Studios in Los Angeles

Paramount-Warner Bros. merger moves forward after judge approves settlement

By Brian Stelter, Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — Paramount entered the final stages of merging with Warner Bros. Discovery on Wednesday afternoon, when a federal judge approved last week’s settlement of an antitrust lawsuit filed by state attorneys general. Minutes after Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín issued an order accepting the settlement, Paramount CEO David Ellison announced

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US Sen. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming speaks to reporters outside of the Senate Chambers during a vote in the US Capitol Building on May 11 in Washington

GOP senator blocks resolution that criticized Trump’s taxpayer-funded ads

By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — A GOP senator blocked a resolution on Tuesday that criticized the Trump administration’s recent taxpayer-funded ads promoting President Donald Trump. Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming objected to the Democrat-led measure, which stated that taxpayer funds should not have been used for the controversial ads. The measure, from Democratic

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Members of the military listen as US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gives an address at Marine Corps Base Quantico on September 30 in Quantico

Hegseth announces new autonomous weapons command while repeating attacks on ‘woke’ culture during speech to troops

By Davis Winkie, Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced a new Pentagon autonomous warfare command in a speech on Wednesday to troops at the military base in Quantico, Virginia, a sequel to the speech he delivered last year to senior officers that focused on fitness and culture. Hegseth said the

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Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice on September 30 in Washington

Trump administration escalates feud with federal judges

By Tierney Sneed, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department filed a judicial misconduct complaint against nearly all the federal district judges in Minnesota, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced on Wednesday, escalating tensions between the Trump administration and the judicial branch. The administration’s demand that the judges be disqualified from immigration-related cases was prompted

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