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AT&T Inc won court approval on Tuesday to buy Time Warner Inc for $85 billion, rebuffing an attempt by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to block the deal and likely setting off a wave of corporate mergers. The deal, which could close next week, is seen as a turning point for a media industry that has been upended by companies like Netflix Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google which produce content and sell it online directly to consumers, without requiring a pricey cable subscription.
On the roster: As goes Maine, so goes the nation? - Dem dogfight in Nevada gubernatorial primary - Can Virginia Democrats match the spirit of '17? - House leaders scurry to block immigration vote - Follow up file: Well, irritable anyway AS GOES MAINE, SO GOES THE NATION? Maine Gov. Paul LePage says he might refuse to certify the results of today's Pine Tree State primary because Maine has moved to what political scientists call "ranked choice voting." It's understandable that LePage would be down on the concept since he almost certainly would have never been governor had the rule been in place when he first ran in 2010.
A Democratic group backed by former President Barack Obama plans to invest millions of dollars in state-level elections in a dozen states, including Wisconsin, with the goals of "flipping the governor's seat and the state Senate." A Democratic group backed by former President Barack Obama plans to invest millions of dollars in state-level elections in a dozen states, including Wisconsin, with the goals of "flipping the governor's seat and the state Senate."
Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders praised President Donald Trump after a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, in a statement released Tuesday. The meeting between Trump and Kim was "a positive step" towards peace, Sanders said hours after Trump and Kim signed a "comprehensive" agreement promising North Korea better relations and security guarantees.
Kim Jong Un peered inside as a Secret Service agent held open a door of "The Beast," President Donald Trump's heavily armored limousine. The surreal moment left some lawmakers speechless, with Democrats saying it showed Trump was too conciliatory toward the North Korean dictator during their historic summit.
Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., left, and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., talk before a Senate Appropriations Committee markup in the Dirksen Building on June 7, 2018. Republicans would love to avoid shutdown drama before the midterm but a tight timetable stands in the way.
In this May 26, 2016, file photo, North Dakota state Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D, speaks in Bismarck, N.D. Cramer, a candidate for U.S. Senate, faces Thomas O'Neill, an Air Force veteran who didn't mount a serious campaign, in the Tuesday, June 12, 2018, Republican primary.
New Republican Governor Mike Parson met with most of Missouri's Congressional delegation at the state capitol yesterday. Afterward, Democratic U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill has sharp criticism for President Trump's decision to impose trade sanctions against American allies.
Heller is considered the vulnerable Republican senator seeking re-ele... . In this June 6, 2018, photo, Clark County Commission member Chris Giunchigliani, right, speaks with Susan Garcia, center, and Aileen Vides while campaigning in Las Vegas.
The Supreme Court's decision upholding Ohio's method of removing people from... . FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2017, file photo, ballots await further processing at the Franklin County Board of Elections in Columbus, Ohio.
President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un conclude an extraordinary nuclear summit Tuesday with the U.S. president pledging "security guarantees" to the North and Kim recommitting to the "complete... President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un conclude an extraordinary nuclear summit Tuesday with the U.S. president pledging "security guarantees" to the North and Kim recommitting to the "complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula." . . FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2017, file photo, Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev, speaks during a media briefing at Metro Police headquarters in Las Vegas.
Hof, the owner of half a dozen legal brot... RENO, Nev. - Nevada brothel owner Dennis Hof said Wednesday the "establishment got crushed" when he knocked off an incumbent Republican in a state legislative primary.
Republicans say two states that President Donald Trump won in landslides are heading in opposite directions in the battle for the Senate majority, as they expressed increasing confidence about capturing North Dakota but diminishing hopes about West Virginia. With fewer than 100 days to the midterm elections, top Republicans have concluded that North Dakota represents their best chance to flip a seat from blue to red, with Rep. Kevin Cramer, R, looking to unseat first-term Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp.
Declaring he has "won the argument" on hemp, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that the Senate is on track for a vote to legalize the crop that comes from the same plant that produces marijuana. The Senate Agriculture Committee is scheduled to consider the farm bill Wednesday.
With the primary elections Tuesday, NBC12 will hold a Digital Dialogue as Virginians choose candidates for Congressional and Senate races. While voter turnout is generally lower for primary elections, there are some hotly contested races in the state that could change the tide in Washington.
Voters head to the polls for Tuesday's primary to decide which candidates will face off for congressional and Senate seats in November. All eyes are on these races to see if the Democratic wave that started last November continues to turn the tide this year.
At a wide-ranging news conference in his Chicago office, Senator Dick Durbin had opinions about President Trump and Speaker Madigan. Durbin called in the news cameras to take pictures of a mother and child separated at the border whom he pressured the Trump administration to re-unite, "The immigrant policy of the Trump Administration is heartless and cruel and this is the worst example."
DECEMBER 05: Former president Barack Obama speaks to a gathering of more than 50 mayors and other guests during the North American Climate Summit on December 5, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. The summit was held to bring together leaders from the U.S., Canada and Mexico to commit their cities to addressing climate change at the local level.