That would put two of America’s largest newsrooms under one family loyal to the President.
The Wall Street Journal reported that career antitrust lawyers at the Justice Department spent months investigating this deal and were leaning toward suing to stop it.

Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|California District 49
Mike Levin
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Voting Record — 592
Yes46%
No53%
Present1%
Not Voting1%
Party align97%
Cross-party3%

Mike Levin
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratCalifornia District 49
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That means higher prices, fewer shows, and fewer jobs in an industry that has already lost too many.
It would also hand CNN to David Ellison, son of Trump ally Larry Ellison.
He already controls CBS News.
12 states just sued to block the $110 billion Paramount takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. California is leading the charge.
One combined company would control nearly a third of all films in theaters and nearly a third of basic cable programming.
When you stop actively looking for a parasite, you do not make it disappear.
In sum, cutting back one of the country’s most important foodborne disease surveillance systems was really, really stupid.
apnews.com/article/cdc-...
The reason the CDC gave was funding. (See AP article below from last August).
Active surveillance gives health officials an early warning when outbreaks begin.
Last year, the CDC scaled back FoodNet, the country’s primary active surveillance network for foodborne illness, cutting the pathogens it routinely tracks from eight down to two.
Cyclospora was one of the six they dropped.
Right now cyclospora is causing an outbreak across more than 30 states. Health officials still have not identified the source.
Here is what you should know.
RFK Jr. says he’s making America healthy again.
But while a parasite spreads through the food supply, his administration scaled back the nation’s active surveillance for it.
This is your daily reminder that Trump and Republicans are spending billions of your tax dollars on an unauthorized war in Iran and Stephen Miller’s ICE agenda while gutting Medicaid, slashing SNAP, and driving up your health care costs.
Homan should stop pointing fingers and start deploying cameras.
www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
The only thing missing is the will to deploy them.
Two families are grieving, and there is no video evidence of what happened. That is a failure of accountability, and it belongs to the people running these agencies.
And back in February, former Secretary Kristi Noem promised to rapidly acquire and deploy them.
It is now the middle of July. The money is there. The promise was made several months ago. Congressional staff report the cameras have already been purchased and the guidance has already been written.
Last year, the Big Ugly Bill gave ICE nearly $30 billion that could be used for body cameras, plus $10 billion more in flexible funding. ICE has had its own policy requiring body cameras during enforcement operations since January 2024.
Two men were shot and killed by ICE officers in the past week. One in Houston, one in Maine. ICE officers weren’t wearing body cameras.
When Tom Homan was asked why, he blamed Democrats.
Here are the facts.
Trump’s government committed up to $1.6 billion of your tax dollars to a tungsten mine in Kazakhstan. Then the sons showed up. Eric and Don Jr. tied to a 20% stake.
Lutnick’s sons also cashed in. The fathers negotiate, the government pays, the children profit. They are not even hiding it.
This is your daily reminder that Trump and Republicans are spending billions of your tax dollars on an unauthorized war in Iran and Stephen Miller’s ICE agenda while gutting Medicaid, slashing SNAP, and driving up your health care costs.
Either we end the corruption or the corruption ends us. There is no version where we look away and the country stays intact.
Where is the outrage from my Republican colleagues? The ones who spent years lecturing this country about corruption and the swamp. Wake up!
wapo.st/4w1u8xW
Trump’s sons have poured money into more than a dozen defense tech companies. Most of those bets were placed after Trump won a second term. Those same companies have since pulled in billions in government business, and the Pentagon they now depend on answers to the man whose last name they share.
This is not a gray area.
Trump is running the government for the private enrichment of his own family, in the open, while the guardrails that used to catch this are dismantled one by one.
When we win back the gavels, we will do all we can to end the tariffs and stop the war. Right now, Trump and Republicans own this economy, every gallon, and every grocery bill.
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Voting History592 total votesExpandCollapse
Voting History
592 total votes
Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.
| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | H.R. 4690 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-22 | H. Res. 1182 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-22 | H. Res. 1189 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-22 | H. Res. 1189 (119th) | End debate now | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Passed |
| 2026-04-21 | S. 1020 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-21 | H.R. 2493 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-21 | H.R. 5201 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-20 | H.R. 5200 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-20 | H.R. 1681 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-17 | H. Res. 1175 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-17 | H. Res. 1175 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-17 | H. Res. 1175 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-16 | H. Res. 1156 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-16 | H.R. 1689 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-16 | H. Res. 965 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-16 | H.R. 6398 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-16 | H.R. 6398 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-16 | H.R. 6409 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-16 | H.R. 6409 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-16 | H. Con. Res. 40 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-15 | H. Res. 965 (119th) | Motion to Discharge | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-15 | H. Res. 1174 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-15 | H. Res. 1174 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-14 | H.R. 7613 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-14 | H.R. 1011 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-28 | H. Res. 1142 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-28 | H. Res. 1142 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-28 | — | Motion to Adjourn | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-27 | H.R. 7084 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-26 | H.R. 8029 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-26 | H.R. 8029 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-03-26 | H. Res. 1128 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-25 | H.R. 5103 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-25 | H.R. 5103 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-03-25 | H. Res. 1131 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-25 | H. Res. 1131 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-24 | H.R. 6422 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-19 | H.R. 4638 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-18 | H.J. Res. 139 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-03-18 | H.R. 1958 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-18 | H.R. 556 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-18 | H.R. 556 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-03-17 | H. Res. 1115 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-17 | H. Res. 1115 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-17 | S. 3971 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-17 | H.R. 4294 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-05 | H.R. 7744 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-03-05 | H.R. 7744 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-03-05 | H. Con. Res. 38 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-03-05 | H. Res. 1099 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.