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Details@Capital1.com Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Streaming platforms are battling for the power to reshape the nation's entertainment landscape. Netflix struck a deal last week to buy Warner Brothers Studios and HBO, but now Paramount is up its bid to $108 billion for all of Warner Bros. Discovery, including CNN. NPR's David Folkenflick reports.
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Paramount chief David Ellison says he believes deeply in the future of movies and entertainment. But Ellison says Paramount needs Warner Brothers to take on Netflix and Amazon and Apple and Disney. Netflix is already the biggest streamer. President Trump said Sunday he'd be involved in reviewing any deal. Ellison has built warm ties with Trump, and Trump cheered the changes made at CBS News since Ellison acquired it this summer, though you never do know how that will end up. On Sunday, CBS's 60 Minutes interviewed a critic of Trump. On Monday morning, Trump wrote that CBS is worse than ever before under Paramount's new owners. David Folkenflick, NPR News.
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The federal housing agency HUD says it will revise controversial changes to funding for homelessness. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports. The move comes amid two lawsuits challenging HUD's plans to dramatically cut back on long term housing programs.
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States, cities and Nonprofits warned that HUD's overhaul could push 170,000 people back into homelessness. In a surprise move, the agency told the court it will withdraw its changes for now to address such concerns. But a government lawyer said HUD still intends to shift toward more transitional housing and mandated treatment. The agency has also set new conditions for who can get money based on alignment with Trump administration policies, such as DEI and restricting transgender rights. The two lawsuits allege all those changes are unconstitutional. They say Congress has made clear home homelessness funding should be based on need and spent on programs with proven success. Jennifer Ludden, NPR News.
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The Supreme Court appears ready to give the president more control over independent agencies. Justices heard arguments over President Trump's firing of a Federal Trade Commission member today. As NPR's Andrea Hsu explains, such a ruling could upend the balance of power in Washington.
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The justices heard arguments today in a case involving President Trump's firing of Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter. The FTC is one of a couple dozen government agencies designed by Congress to have some degree of independence from the White House under federal law. The FTC's five members can only be removed for cause. That didn't stop Trump from firing Slaughter. Back in March. A lower court found her firing unlawful, citing a 1935 president called Humphrey's executor. It put limits on the president's power to remove members of some independent agencies. Today, Solicitor General John Sauer, representing Trump, asked the court to overrule Humphrey.