Paramount closes deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery

The Hill - Oct 6, 2026

Paramount Skydance officially closed its multibillion-dollar deal to acquire fellow media giant Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) on Tuesday, creating the largest provider in news, sports and entertainment offerings in the world. The deal hands control of WBD's sprawling movie and television studios, as well as its cable channels and news outlet CNN to billionaire media...

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Anduril to invest $3.7B in new Baltimore shipyard to build Virginia-class submarine parts

Defense contractor Anduril is planning to invest $3.7 billion into a new shipyard in Sparrows Point, Baltimore, to manufacture parts for Virginia-class submarines. The company secured up to a $2.9 billion contract with the U.S. Navy to help establish the 2 million square-foot facility, dubbed Arsenal-2, that will create more than 3,000 jobs in Maryland. ...

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Reflection AI releases first open model to rival China

The open-source startup Reflection AI released its first open-weight model Monday, stating it rivals leading open technologies made in the U.S. and China. Reflection AI, which has the backing of tech giant Nvidia, said in a blog post Monday its Beam model is on par with some leading open-source models made in China, including Chinese...

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Crypto super PAC to back candidates in 32 House races

A major cryptocurrency super PAC is backing candidates in 32 House races with one month to go until the midterm elections. Fairshake is throwing its weight behind 13 Democrats and 19 Republicans, spokesperson Geoff Vetter confirmed to The Hill on Monday. The super PAC is spending $1 million each on six candidates — Reps. Janelle...

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) unveiled new proposals Monday for regulating cryptocurrency markets, after an effort to pass digital asset legislation through Congress came up short last month. The agency, one of two main financial regulators expected to oversee the industry, gave notice of its plans to move forward with rulemaking on both crypto...

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Supreme Court won’t reinstate Pennsylvania judge suspended for partisan Facebook posts

The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a former Pennsylvania judge’s challenge to his suspension for making partisan Facebook posts, a dispute that touches on issues of free speech and judicial ethics. Pennsylvania’s judicial discipline board suspended then-Judge Mark Cohen in 2024 over dozens of posts praising Democrats, including former President Biden and Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), and his advocacy...

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Tech watchdog outlines closing midterms message for Democrats on data centers

The Tech Oversight Project is laying out a closing message for Democrats on data centers as candidates head into the final stretch ahead of the midterm elections. In a memo shared first with The Hill, the tech watchdog group outlined the costs to voters from the server warehouses powering the AI boom, arguing that Americans...

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Sen. Jon Husted answers Schumer's 'toothless' charge on data center bill

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Trump announces 'Super Intelligence Force' led by DNI Jay Clayton

President Trump on Sunday morning announced the creation of the "Super IntelligenceForce" amid his push to keep the U.S. in the lead on artificial intelligence development after warnings from the technology's researchers. The task force will be led by Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton, whom The Wall Street Journal reported is expected to be...

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Federal judge rules warrantless Flock camera searches may violate 4th Amendment

An Oklahoma federal judge ruled Friday that warrantless searches using AI-powered surveillance camera data — such as what Flock Safety's hallmark technology collects — may violate the Fourth Amendment without adequate probable cause. “Freedom from persistent, dragnet-style surveillance while in public is not a foreign concept in our society, and it is a reasonable expectation...

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Paramount, Warner Bros. reveal new name

Once the Paramount and Warner Bros. merger is finalized, the resulting media empire will fall under a new name.

Paramount closes deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery

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