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 Mullin
Trump Spars With Powell Over Fed’s Costly Renovations in Rare Visit, by Colby Smith
How a Frantic Scouring of the Epstein Files Consumed the Justice Dept., by Adam Goldman and Alan Feuer
Gazans Are Dying of Starvation, by Rawan Sheikh Ahmad, Isabel Kershner and Abu Bakr Bashir
France Will Recognize Palestinian Statehood, Macron Says, by Roger Cohen
Israel and the U.S. Pull Back From Talks With Hamas, by David E. Sanger and Johnatan Reiss
Hulk Hogan, Shirt-Shredding Superstar of Pro Wrestling, Dies at 71, by Victor Mather
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