A Contentious Media Merger, and the F.B.I.’s Epstein Scramble
Plus, your Friday news quiz. On Today’s Episode:F.C.C. Approves Skydance’s $8 Billion Merger With Paramount, by Benjamin MullinTrump Spars With Powell Over Fed’s Costly Renovations in Rare Visit, by Colby SmithHow a Frantic Scouring of the Epstein Files Consumed the Justice Dept., by Adam Goldman and Alan FeuerGazans Are Dying of Starvation, by Rawan Sheikh Ahmad, Isabel Kershner and Abu Bakr BashirFrance Will Recognize Palestinian Statehood, Macron Says, by Roger CohenIsrael and the U.S. Pull Back From Talks With Hamas, by David E. Sanger and Johnatan ReissHulk Hogan, Shirt-Shredding…
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