Randall Stephenson, the CEO of AT&T. Brendan McDermid/Reuters The US Justice Department has moved to appeal the $85 billion merger between AT&T and Time Warner, Bloomberg says, citing a court filing. The deal, which has been nearly two years in the making, was approved by Judge Richard Leon last month. It closed days later, but…
“We have a very, very good relationship with the chancellor, we have a tremendous relationship with Germany,” Mr. Trump said. “We’re having a great meeting. We’re discussing military expenditure, we’re talking about trade.” Noting Germany’s “tremendous success,” Mr. Trump added, “I believe that our trade will increase and lots of other things will increase, but…
Martin Tripp, the ex-Tesla employee accused by Elon Musk of sabotage inside the company’s facilities, has struck back by filing a whistleblowing complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The move is the latest in what has become a legal game of chess between the closely watched company and a process engineering technician who claims…
Robert Mueller. Alex Wong/Getty Images Sign up for the latest Russia investigation updates here» The special counsel Robert Mueller's office used Paul Manafort's own words against him in a new court filing Wednesday. Manafort is the former chairman of President Donald Trump's campaign. He is a defendant in two criminal cases from Mueller's office, which…
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats, facing an uphill struggle to defeat the nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, opened a broad attack on Tuesday, painting him as an archconservative who would roll back abortion rights, undo health care protections, ease gun restrictions and protect President Trump against the threat of indictment. But…
Toyota Motor Corp. is on the road less traveled with Hui, its new car-sharing service, available exclusively in Hawaii. The service, which offers reservations through a smartphone app, gives drivers in Honolulu 25 pick-up and drop-off locations in the city, and a choice of 70 Toyota and Lexus vehicles, including Priuses and Camrys. Cars can…
President Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing. REUTERS/Thomas Peter The Trump administration has released a gargantuan list of Chinese goods that will be subject to tariffs, kicking a burgeoning trade war into high gear. The new 10% tariffs will apply to a huge amount of items including…
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday nominated Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, a politically connected member of Washington’s conservative legal establishment, to fill Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s seat on the Supreme Court, setting up an epic confirmation battle and potentially cementing the court’s rightward tilt for a generation. Presenting Judge Kavanaugh at the White House, Mr.…
President Donald Trump announced Brett Kavanaugh as his Supreme Court nominee Monday night, in a primetime televised event. Judge Kavanaugh, a U.S. Circuit Court judge for Washington, D.C., would fill the vacant seat left by retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, who announced his departure in late June. Calling Trump’s Supreme Court nomination an “honor and privilege,”…
Justice Anthony Kennedy swore in President Donald Trump's first Supreme Court pick, Justice Neil Gorsuch, on April 10, 2017. White House/Shealah Craighead President Donald Trump will announce his nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement in primetime on Monday. He started with a list of 25 potential nominees, but…
