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Richard Leon said he will aim to reach a decision in the case by late April or May, beyond companies' April 22 merger-agreement expiration date WASHINGTON-The judge presiding over the Justice Department's antitrust challenge to AT&T Inc.'s proposed acquisition of Time Warner Inc. has set March 19 as the trial's start date, warning the companies he cannot reach a decision by the time their merger agreement expires on April 22. "It's just not realistic to be done on the 22nd," U.S. District Judge Richard Leon said Thursday during a first preliminary court hearing.
Congress on Thursday passed a two-week stopgap spending bill, deferring until later in the month a bigger fight over what issues should be resolved before lawmakers leave Washington for the year.
Failed presidential candidate devil Hillary Clinton desperately tried to distract from the media firestorm over the corrupt FBI leaders linked to Hillary's garbage dossier. As previously reported , FBI Director Christopher Wray testified at a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Thursday morning.
In a letter first obtained by Fox News, Justice Department Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs Stephen Boyd formally requested unredacted documents from the Senate Judiciary Committee, the same panel that led the congressional probe into the women's health organization. "The Department of Justice appreciates the offer of assistance in obtaining these materials, and would like to request the Committee provide unredacted copies of records contained in the report, in order to further the Department's ability to conduct a thorough and comprehensive assessment of that report based on the full range of information available," Boyd wrote.
President Donald Trump's announcement on Wednesday that he will recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital followed a sustained push by evangelical Christians that began before he was in office. While the American Jewish community has been split in its support of recognizing Jerusalem as the capital-a politically fraught issue, with far-reaching implications for any peace agreement with the Palestinians-evangelicals have been almost uniform in their support of the move, which many see as a biblical imperative.
A long-running fight over immigration threatens to spark a government shutdown later this month and add to Republicans' political and policy challenges moving forward. GOP lawmakers are divided over when to tackle one of the most inflammatory issues to their voters: how to handle the fate of so-called Dreamers, people living in the U.S. illegally who were brought here as children.
Grocery stores, small manufacturers and others say the new tax structure could put them at a disadvantage to big corporations WASHINGTON-Family-owned businesses including grocery stores, craft shops, small manufacturers and others are worried tax legislation in Congress could leave them at a disadvantage to big corporations and other competitors. At issue for these businesses is their structure as trusts, established to preserve an enterprise for succeeding generations, protect against estate taxes or a divorcing spouse or other claimants who might try to seize a stake.
First, our football team lost in the Big Ten championship, and now our basketball team isn't even five hundred. I understand the fact we've played an absolutely brutal schedule so for.
Two U.S. senators wrote to the Justice Department's inspector general on Wednesday requesting more information about the FBI agent who was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller's team over private text messages he allegedly sent during the election that were critical of President Donald Trump. Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson and Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley asked the Justice Department's inspector general, Michael Horowitz, to answer a series of... WSJ's Gerald F. Seib explains what have we learned after Special Counsel Robert Mueller unveiled his first two big actions in his investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 campaign.
In a boost for Democrats looking to expand the 2018 Senate midterm battlefield, former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen on Thursday said he is running for the seat opened by the retirement of Republican Sen. Bob Corker.
The nature of urban leadership is changing as the number of black mayors in the nation's big cities declines, a trend that risks diminishing prominent African-American voices in the public debate. In 2000, nine of the nation's 25 largest cities had black mayors.
According to Claudio Fuentes, photographer and human rights activist, he's started doing something like ten interviews and they haven't published any of them. Maybe it has to do with that mania he has to be always behind the camera, pointing the lens at the Ladies in White, other activists and even his own friends.
Now becoming increasingly popular: "Woebot," a chatbot recently created by researchers which can act as a therapist for people who are feeling troubled. It has it's limitations, though. They connected one to Trump's Twitter feed and it reformatted it's C: drive in despair.
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the third version of the Trump administration's travel ban to go into effect while legal challenges against it continue. The decision was a victory for the administration after its mixed success before the court over the summer, when justices considered and eventually dismissed disputes over the second version.
The FBI said Monday it arrested a man in Jacksonville, Florida who was allegedly planning a mass shooting at a mosque. Bernandino Bolatete has been charged with illegally receiving and possessing an unregistered silencer.
Or just CLICK THIS LINK to start shopping for anything. Don't worry - anything you buy through it will pay Daily Pundit a commission! Thanks! Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello last month asked federal taxpayers to shell out $94 billion to pay for the territory's recovery from Hurricane Maria - then turned around and paid out about $100 million in Christmas bonuses to government employees on the island.
FATCA, the expatriate financial reporting law, has been a compliance nightmare for many ordinary Americans abroad, and soon it may vex the British royal family. Depending on how and whether Prince Harry mingles his finances with those of American-born fiancee Meghan Markle, various aspects of Crown finances might have to be reported to American authorities.
President Trump visited Utah Monday to sign executive orders adjusting how the federal government will be controlling public land in the state. The president strayed away from the major political news of the day.