A federal jury found Live Nation and Ticketmaster operated as an illegal monopoly that overcharged fans. The verdict sets the stage for a possible breakup of the concert giant, but the Trump DOJ already walked away from the case.
A federal judge blocked the $6.2 billion Nexstar-Tegna TV station merger on antitrust grounds, finding the deal would eliminate competition, gut local newsrooms, and jack up prices for consumers. The ruling defies both the FCC and DOJ, which had already approved the deal.
The Live Nation Ticketmaster antitrust trial reached closing arguments with 34 states presenting damning internal emails. The jury now deliberates after 26 states rejected a $280M DOJ settlement.
Georgia’s 14th Congressional District votes today in a special runoff between Democrat Shawn Harris and Republican Clay Fuller to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene. The outcome could tighten the House majority to its thinnest margin yet.
Iran has rejected a proposed 45-day ceasefire as Trump sets an 8 p.m. Tuesday deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, threatening to reduce the country to rubble. Oil markets are whipsawing, Saudi Arabia just raised crude prices to record premiums, and the only diplomatic track left is being run by countries that are not the United States.
Newly released FOIA documents reveal the U.S. Marshals Service deputized Elon Musk’s private security team as federal agents, then waived basic training requirements so they could carry weapons in government buildings. The waivers were approved in three days. The implications for federal law enforcement standards are staggering.
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With Pam Bondi out and Todd Blanche in, Trump has installed the attorney who defended him in his criminal trials as the nation’s top law enforcement officer. The appointment raises urgent questions about DOJ independence, the Epstein files, and whether the Justice Department now functions as the president’s personal legal team.
President Donald Trump told Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday that her time leading the Justice Department
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Trump became the first sitting president to attend Supreme Court oral arguments, and what he witnessed was a bipartisan demolition of his birthright citizenship executive order. Even his own judicial appointees weren’t buying it. A new study reveals the policy would disproportionately harm Asian immigrants, not the communities the administration has centered in its messaging.
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Trump’s first prime-time address on the Iran war was 19 minutes of recycled talking points, debunked claims, and zero exit strategy. The markets saw right through it, oil surged 10%, and two-thirds of Americans still oppose the war.
The Supreme Court hears oral arguments Tuesday in Trump v. Barbara, the administration’s challenge to birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment. Every lower court has struck down Trump’s executive order. But the stakes of even a partial ruling for the government could create what legal scholars are calling constitutional chaos for proving who is and isn’t an American.
One month into the U.S. war in Iran, the cracks aren’t in Tehran. They’re in the Western alliance. Spain has closed its airspace to American military flights, Trump is threatening to destroy civilian water and energy systems, and at CPAC, his own base is quietly fracturing over a conflict nobody voted for.
The Senate voted unanimously at 2:20 a.m. Friday to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security after a 42-day shutdown that left TSA officers unpaid and created airport chaos nationwide. But ICE and Border Patrol funding was deliberately left out.
Trump extended his deadline to strike Iranian power plants by 10 days to April 6, claiming talks are going “very well” while Israel escalates strikes on Tehran and the global energy crisis pushes South Korea into emergency mode.
The DHS shutdown hit its 40th day with no end in sight, record-breaking airport lines, nearly 500 TSA officers who have already quit, and immigration enforcement agents now staffing security checkpoints. Spring break just got a lot more complicated.
More than 400 TSA officers have quit, wait times have ballooned to six hours at major hubs, and now ICE agents are being deployed to 14 airports. The government shutdown has turned American air travel into a stress test of democratic governance.
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority signaled it will strike down state laws allowing mail-in ballots to arrive after Election Day. With 14 states and D.C. affected, the ruling could reshape how millions vote in the November midterms.
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Three days after a federal judge ruled Pentagon press restrictions unconstitutional, the Defense Department shut down Correspondents’ Corridor and plans to banish reporters to an external annex. The New York Times says it’s going back to court.
