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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