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Paramount to Resolve Antitrust Lawsuit, Clearing the Way for Warner Bros. Acquisition

The deal would remove the last significant hurdle the media mogul David Ellison faced to create a news and entertainment empire, home to movie studios, HBO, CBS and CNN.

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Paramount said the deal was necessary, in part, to create a counterweight to increasingly powerful tech companies like Netflix that were muscling in on Hollywood.

Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After White House Bans CNN

The move was an escalation of President Trump’s showdown with the White House press corps after he moved to bar journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico.

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A CNN reporter held her empty credential holder after the White House confiscated her badge on Saturday.

Bessent and China Hail Progress on A.I. Talks. Now Comes the Hard Part.

Artificial intelligence and more are expected to be big issues at this week’s summit between President Trump and Xi Jinping, China’s top leader.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that transparency “between the No. 1 and the No. 2 A.I. powers in the world is very important.”

U.S. and China Discuss System to Warn of A.I. National Security Issues

In a meeting on Sunday, the U.S. Treasury secretary and China’s vice premier talked about having a shared vision on the goals of artificial intelligence and the threats it poses.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that the alert system would be activated when a matter related to artificial intelligence reaches the national security level.

A Borrower’s Timeline of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Quagmire

One county lawyer’s repayment saga stretches nearly 20 years, though she’s tried 22 times over the past 20 months to erase her debt.

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Christine Archer works as a prosecutor in Hendricks County, Ind., putting rapists and child abusers in prison.

CNN, MS NOW and Politico Barred From White House After Trump’s Ban

The prohibition on certain journalists was a major escalation in President Trump’s war on the media, and will probably face a legal challenge.

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The booth used by CNN journalists at the White House stood empty, as reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico were denied entry on Saturday.

Paramount Weighs Some Concessions in Bid to Finalize Warner Bros. Merger

Seeking to settle a lawsuit with 12 states, Paramount has discussed measures to protect the editorial independence of CNN and the divestiture of Comedy Central.

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The Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank, California.

Trump Says He Has Banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico From White House

The president cited reporting from the outlets that he deemed “fake news.” It was unclear how such a ban would be enforced or defended in court.

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Vice President JD Vance with reporters in the White House briefing room earlier this month.

Anthropic Pursues IPO Despite Its A.I. Safety Warnings

The company is expected to reach $100 billion in annualized revenue this year, even as chief executive Dario Amodei calls for slowing down development of some advanced A.I. models.

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Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s chief executive, is said to have met with potential investors in the company’s blockbuser I.PO. in recent weeks.

The A.I. Industry’s New Worry: ‘Liability Exposure’

The prospect of artificial intelligence tools being used to do significant harm presents the companies and their leaders with a legal challenge.

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Some experts say that artificial intelligence labs like OpenAI and Anthropic face potentially significant legal liability if their models cause harm.

Kremlin Moves to Seize Control of Nestlé’s Russia Operations

The Swiss maker of KitKats and Nescafé said it was assessing the situation after the Kremlin issued a presidential decree.

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A poster for the pet food brand Purina Pro Plan on a factory of Nestlé’s in Russia in 2022. Nestlé scaled back some of its operations in Russia after the country invaded Ukraine.
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