Paramount needs approval from the FCC for an $8.4-billion merger with Skydance Media. FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez said the settlement over an entirely "meritless" lawsuit "now casts a long shadow over the integrity of the transaction pending before the FCC" and "marks a dangerous precedent for the First Amendment.

By Wednesday evening, enough House Republicans remained opposed to the Senate-passed bill to effectively stall it.

Democratic U.S. Senator John Fetterman voted against it. But citing the need for stepped-up border security, increased defense spending and less environmental constraints on energy production, Republican U.S. Senator Dave McCormick voted for it, issuing this statement:

The Senate slogged through a tense overnight session that has now dragged into Tuesday morning, with Republican leaders searching for ways to secure support for President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts while fending off proposed amendments,

The president, who has a history of spewing sometimes vile insults at rivals, has in recent days escalated his attacks against the 33-year-old self-described democratic socialist.

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani responded to President Donald Trump's threats of arrest, saying it's "an attack on democracy."

Trump simply needs a distraction, Mamdani argued in a press conference with New York City labor leaders on Wednesday. “He said those things about me — someone who stands to be the first immigrant mayor of this city in generations,

A federal judge has ruled that an executive order by President Trump suspending asylum access at the southern border is unlawful

The ruling is a setback for President Donald Trump, a Republican who recaptured the White House promising a vast immigration crackdown.

A federal judge blocked a Trump administration policy barring migrants who cross the US-Mexico border from seeking asylum, issuing a major blow to President Donald Trump, who has sought to seal off access to protections on the border.