As July began, Paramount paid $16 million to settle a Trump civil suit. As July ended, Trump's FCC appointees approved Paramount’s $8 billion merger deal.

The FCC approved the hugely controversial sale of Paramount to producer and Donald Trump ally David Ellison's production company Skydance for $8 billion.

President Trump late Thursday took another jab at Democrats over the furor around his administration’s handling of the files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, calling the controversy a “con job.

Trump dismisses renewed Epstein scrutiny as a political hoax by Democrats, while bipartisan calls for transparency intensify.

Congress had until the end of day on Friday to pass the rescissions request, or the funding would have had to be spent as originally intended.

Mike Johnson broke with Donald Trump by claiming the Epstein case is "not a hoax" and reiterated that he supports full transparency.

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