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The Hill
a day ago
- Politics
- The Hill
Appeals court allows Trump to keep National Guard deployed, for now
A federal appeals court panel late Thursday allowed President Trump to keep the National Guard deployed in Los Angeles, for now. The three-judge 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel unanimously extended its pause of a judge's order finding Trump's deployment illegal and forcing him to return control of the troops to California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D). 'We emphasize, however, that our decision addresses only the facts before us. And although we hold that the President likely has authority to federalize the National Guard, nothing in our decision addresses the nature of the activities in which the federalized National Guard may engage,' the appeals panel wrote in its unsigned, 38-page decision. The panel said it disagreed with the administration that Trump's decision isn't reviewable by the courts, but the judges acknowledged they must be 'highly deferential.' 'Affording the President that deference, we conclude that it is likely that the President lawfully exercised his statutory authority,' the opinion reads. Trump has sent in thousands of National Guard troops to protect immigration officers in the wake of recent protests in Los Angeles, which at times have devolved into violence. The move quickly sparked a lawsuit from Newsom and the state's attorney general. Though the 9th Circuit's decision marks a victory for Trump in the legal battle, it may be short-lived. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, who issued last week's decision invalidating the deployment, is set to hold a hearing Friday on whether to issue an indefinite injunction. Breyer is an appointee of former President Clinton and the brother of retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. In deploying the troops, Trump cited a statute that allows him to federalize the National Guard whenever there is a rebellion or when he cannot execute federal laws with regular forces. The appeals panel on Thursday said it agreed the latter trigger was likely met, so it didn't need to reach the question of whether there was a rebellion. 'Plaintiffs' own submissions state that some protesters threw objects, including Molotov cocktails, and vandalized property. According to the declarations submitted by Defendants, those activities significantly impeded the ability of federal officers to execute the laws,' the opinion reads. The three-judge appeals panel comprised two Trump-nominated judges, Mark Bennett and Eric Miller, and Judge Jennifer Sung, an appointee of former President Biden. The 9th Circuit also rejected Newsom's argument that Trump failed a statutory requirement to issue his deployment order 'through' the governor. Newsom contended it established a requirement that he consent, but the appeals panel said notifying the adjutant general of the California National Guard was likely sufficient. The panel stressed the statute 'does not give governors any veto power over the President's federalization decision.'
New York Post
2 days ago
- Business
- New York Post
Paramount delays $35M settlement with Trump: sources
A potential $35 million settlement of President Trump's lawsuit against Paramount's CBS affiliate has been delayed after the company's management continued to fear a potential legal backlash, The Post has learned. Paramount's hesitancy to make a deal prompted members of Trump's legal team to maintain its initial bargaining position and demand even more money to end the protracted legal dispute, according to people close to the matter. The two sides, however, remain in active settlement negotiations, according to a regulator filing. A potential deal breakthrough is always a possibility. 5 The impasse over President Trump's lawsuit against CBS News threatens to continue to throttle a bigger prize — media heiress Shari Redstone's plan to sell Paramount to independent studio Skydance. Christopher Sadowski The $35 million settlement was recently floated and considered by both sides, according to two sources, as negotiations over the $20 billion lawsuit enter their sixth month. The impasse threatens to throttle a bigger prize — media heiress Shari Redstone's plan to sell Paramount to independent studio Skydance. Approval of the deal by Trump's regulators at the Federal Communications Commission is seen as contingent on settlement of the case, people at Paramount tell The Post. Trump legal reps and officials deny that that two issues are related, but Paramount executives are concerned that any large settlement would be considered a bribe since the fate of the $8 billion Paramount-Skydance merger is at stake. A settlement for $35 million would have been a 30% haircut from the original $50 million Trump's legal advisers had tried to squeeze out of the company to end the lawsuit filed in Texas federal court last year, as The Post previously reported. '(The Trump people) appeared to be willing to settle for less but even that amount worries the Paramount people,' one deal insider told The Post. A source close to the Trump legal team denied that it was on the verge of settling for $35 million. 5 Redstone, Paramount's controlling shareholder, stands to net as much as $2 billion when her long-held desire to unload the company to Skydance is completed. Getty Images 'We have a strong case,' the source said. A Paramount spokesman declined comment. A legal rep for Trump didn't return a request for comment. A Redstone rep didn't return a request for comment. One thing appears certain: Paramount's continued reluctance to pay a significant settlement, one lower than the Trump people had initially sought, hardened the president's legal team's position and could create a situation where the case remains in court for a protracted period, sources close to the matter say. The lawsuit, filed in Texas last year, alleges that CBS News' longtime news program '60 Minutes' doctored an interview with Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris ahead of the 2024 presidential election. It comes as the Trump-nominated FCC Chair Brendan Carr subsequently launched a probe into the alleged biased editing, casting a cloud over whether the merger will get the green light from the regulator. 5 A settlement for $35 million would be a 30% haircut from the original $50 million Trump's legal advisers had tried to squeeze out of the company. AP Redstone, Paramount's controlling shareholder, stands to net as much as $2 billion when her long-held desire to unload the company to Skydance is completed. Without a settlement, there is no windfall for the cash-bleeding Redstone, and therein lies the issue for Paramount. Redstone has officially recused herself from negotiations given she will personally benefit, but the notion that the lawsuit is tied to the regulatory approval of her deal is vexing her management team and preventing them from signing off on a payment of any size that could be legally construed as a bribe, They fear they could be subject to litigation and even criminal bribery charges that are not covered by insurance, people with direct knowledge of the matter tell The Post. Several Democrats in Congress have raised the bribery issue and the worry is that a state attorney general or Congress — if it changes hands in the midterms — could launch an investigation. 5 CBS has denied the charges and the main allegation that it purposely edited the Kamala Harris interview to edit out her famous 'word salad' vernacular to make her sound more presidential. 60 Minutes / CBS Redstone had indicated in the past she was willing to pay as much as $50 million to make the case go away so she can preserve some semblance of her inheritance from her late father, media mogul Sumner Redstone, which has been decimated with the decline in Paramount's fortunes in recent years. The board has recently offered $15 million – the same amount paid by Disney-owned ABC News to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by Trump after 'This Week' anchor George Stephanopolous repeatedly accusing him of 'rape.' In the CBS lawsuit, both sides have weighed making up the difference with public service ads involving causes that the president would appreciate, including those combating antisemitism and promoting US veterans, The Post previously reported. But the stalemate continues with the Trump team brushing off the $15 million offer, the $35 million deal stalled and the PSA offer not advancing. Meanwhile, the delay – and its implications for the Paramount-Skydance deal – has been looming large for all the players involved. Skydance is run by movie maven David Ellison, the son of Trump friend and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, who is worth approximately $250 billion. 5 Skydance is run by movie maven David Ellison, the son of Trump friend and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, who is worth approximately $250 billion. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Behind the scenes, Skydance continues to draw up plans for a massive restructuring of the media properties, including CBS, once considered the crown jewel of the Redstone empire for its top-rated shows, sports and influential news programming such as '60 Minutes.' Cord-cutting and changes to the media business landscape have squeezed profits at CBS News. The network's boss Wendy McMahon and longtime '60 Minutes' executive producer Bill Owens recently departed, voicing concerns over the settlement of what it considers a frivolous case with Trump in order to proceed with the deal. Skydance and its deal partner, private equity powerhouse RedBird Capital, have anointed former NBCU chief Jeff Shell as the new CBS chief if the deal gets done. He is likely to downsize the organization and, according to sources, address the alleged political biases in its news programming that are at the center of the Trump lawsuit. For years conservatives have complained that CBS tilts the scales in interviews and programming that projects a left-leaning political bias that under a strict reading of Federal Communications Commission rules could violate the law since it operates over public airwaves that demand it serve the 'public interest.' CBS has denied the charges and the main allegation that it purposely edited the Harris interview to edit out her famous 'word salad' vernacular to make her sound more presidential. If there is no settlement, the federal judge in the Trump lawsuit is expected to grant discovery in the case in the coming weeks, which would be a significant legal escalation that Paramount and Redstone wanted to avoid. If the matter doesn't get resolved by October, the deal could be voided under the preliminary agreement reached between Skydance and Paramount. Redstone has a looming tax bill coming due over her late father's estate and other obligations that could total in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Appeals court temporarily lifts judge's block on Trump's National Guard deployment
A federal appeals court panel late Thursday temporarily lifted a judge's order ruling President Trump's deployment of the National Guard illegal, enabling the troops to remain assisting with immigration raids in Los Angeles, for now. The ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals landed mere hours after U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ordered the president to return control of the troops to California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) by Friday afternoon. The three-judge appeals panel is comprised of two Trump-nominated judges, Mark Bennett and Eric Miller, and Judge Jennifer Sung, an appointee of former President Biden. Their one-page order contained little explanation but suggests it is not a decision on the merits of the case in any way. Breyer, an appointee of former President Clinton who serves in San Francisco, said Trump failed to issue his order 'through' Newsom as required by law and the situation on the ground didn't present the prerequisites required for Trump to federalize the National Guard. 'The protests in Los Angeles fall far short of 'rebellion,'' Breyer wrote. His order was set to go into effect Friday afternoon. The Trump administration in urging the 9th Circuit to immediately intervene called the judge's order 'unprecedented' and an 'extraordinary intrusion' into Trump's authority. 'That sort of second-guessing of the Commander in Chief's military judgments is a gross violation of the separation of powers,' the Justice Department wrote in its motion. 'Nearly 200 years ago, the Supreme Court made clear that these judgment calls are for the President to make—not a Governor, and certainly not a federal court.' The 9th Circuit issued its ruling before Newsom responded. His opposition was filed six minutes after the order. 'An administrative stay is unnecessary and unwarranted in light of the district court's extensive reasoning— in particular, its findings of irreparable harm to the State in the absence of injunctive relief. There are also serious questions regarding the appellate jurisdiction of this Court,' California Attorney General Rob Bonta's (D) office wrote. Updated at 11:45 p.m. EDT. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
FTC could bar Omnicom, Interpublic from boycotting sites over political views as merger condition: report
The Federal Trade Commission could reportedly bar advertising giants Omnicom and Interpublic from suppressing ads to websites over their political views as a condition for approving their pending merger. The FTC, led by President Trump-nominated chairman Andrew Ferguson, is considering imposing the consent decree as it engages in a broader effort to investigate and stop collusive ad boycotts that unfairly target conservative media. New York City-based Omnicom was among the companies called out by House Judiciary Committee chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) over its involvement with the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, a left-leaning advertising cartel that allegedly sought to defund news outlets and platforms, including The Post. Jordan launched an investigation into Omnicom after the merger was first announced last December. The FTC is currently reviewing a $13.25 billion all-stock deal between the two ad giants. If approved, the combined entitles would form the largest ad agency in the world, with around $25 billion in annual revenue. The terms of the merger deal are still under review and have yet to be finalized, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing a source familiar with the matter. Representatives for the FTC, Omnicom and Interpublic did not immediately return The Post's request for comment. The FTC's move points 'to a much more highly politicized environment for agencies than we have ever seen before, at least in the United States,' analyst Brian Wieser wrote in a midyear industry update on Tuesday that was cited by the New York Times, which first reported on the proposed consent decree. Fergson has said that any boycotts organized by advertisers can be illegal because they involve coordinated refusals to do business, which may restrict competition. Earlier this week, the FTC requested documents from top ad agencies, including Omnicon, Interpublic, WPP, Dentsu, Havas and Publicis, as part of a broad review into whether the firms had violated antitrust law by participating in boycotts against certain news outlets. The FTC is also targeting so-called watchdogs like Media Matters and Ad Fontes Media in the investigation and in May requested documents about their dealings with a dozen firms, the Wall Street Journal reported. The probe is focused in part on how the firms dealt with Elon Musk's X, which suffered a mass exodus of advertisers after the mogul bought the social media company formerly known as Twitter in 2022 and loosened its content moderation practices. The agency's letter to Media Matters requested 'all documents that Media Matters either produced or received in discovery in any litigation between Media Matters and X Corp. related to advertiser boycotts since 2023.' Last year, Musk filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against the World Federation of Advertisers and its now-defunct GARM initiative, which shut its doors after the suit was filed. X CEO Linda Yaccarino told The Post at the time that the entire online advertising ecosystem was 'broken' as a result of the alleged boycotts. 'We were victimized by a small group of people pushing their authority or ability to monopolize what gets monetized,' Yaccarino said. With Post wires
New York Post
13-06-2025
- Business
- New York Post
FTC could bar Omnicom, Interpublic from boycotting sites over political views as merger condition: report
The Federal Trade Commission could reportedly bar advertising giants Omnicom and Interpublic from suppressing ads to websites over their political views as a condition for approving their pending merger. The FTC, led by President Trump-nominated chairman Andrew Ferguson, is considering imposing the consent decree as it engages in a broader effort to investigate and stop collusive ad boycotts that unfairly target conservative media. New York City-based Omnicom was among the companies called out by House Judiciary Committee chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) over its involvement with the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, a left-leaning advertising cartel that allegedly sought to defund news outlets and platforms, including The Post. Advertisement 3 The FTC is currently reviewing a $13.25 billion all-stock deal between the two ad giants. Bloomberg via Getty Images Jordan launched an investigation into Omnicom after the merger was first announced last December. The FTC is currently reviewing a $13.25 billion all-stock deal between the two ad giants. Advertisement If approved, the combined entitles would form the largest ad agency in the world, with around $25 billion in annual revenue. The terms of the merger deal are still under review and have yet to be finalized, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing a source familiar with the matter. Representatives for the FTC, Omnicom and Interpublic did not immediately return The Post's request for comment. 3 The Omnicom and Interpublic merger deal was first announced in December. REUTERS Advertisement The FTC's move points 'to a much more highly politicized environment for agencies than we have ever seen before, at least in the United States,' analyst Brian Wieser wrote in a midyear industry update on Tuesday that was cited by the New York Times, which first reported on the proposed consent decree. Fergson has said that any boycotts organized by advertisers can be illegal because they involve coordinated refusals to do business, which may restrict competition. Earlier this week, the FTC requested documents from top ad agencies, including Omnicon, Interpublic, WPP, Dentsu, Havas and Publicis, as part of a broad review into whether the firms had violated antitrust law by participating in boycotts against certain news outlets. The FTC is also targeting so-called watchdogs like Media Matters and Ad Fontes Media in the investigation and in May requested documents about their dealings with a dozen firms, the Wall Street Journal reported. Advertisement 3 Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Andrew Ferguson, testifies during a House Committee on Appropriations – Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government on a oversight hearing of the US Federal Trade Commission on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 15, 2025. AFP via Getty Images The probe is focused in part on how the firms dealt with Elon Musk's X, which suffered a mass exodus of advertisers after the mogul bought the social media company formerly known as Twitter in 2022 and loosened its content moderation practices. The agency's letter to Media Matters requested 'all documents that Media Matters either produced or received in discovery in any litigation between Media Matters and X Corp. related to advertiser boycotts since 2023.' Last year, Musk filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against the World Federation of Advertisers and its now-defunct GARM initiative, which shut its doors after the suit was filed. X CEO Linda Yaccarino told The Post at the time that the entire online advertising ecosystem was 'broken' as a result of the alleged boycotts. 'We were victimized by a small group of people pushing their authority or ability to monopolize what gets monetized,' Yaccarino said. With Post wires
