#U.K. Regulator Finally Clears Microsoft to Complete B Activision Blizzard Deal

#U.K. Regulator Finally Clears Microsoft to Complete $69B Activision Blizzard Deal

Microsoft‘s planned, but protracted $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard can be completed after the U.K. competition regulator finally approved the deal on Friday. The software giant made the bid for the video game developer behind Call of Duty, Guitar Hero and Overwatch in January 2022, but the U.K.’s Competition Markets Authority (CMA) blocked the…

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#Christie: Trump is a ‘fool’ for calling Hezbollah smart

#Christie: Trump is a ‘fool’ for calling Hezbollah smart

Republican Presidential candidate Chris Christie called former President Donald Trump a “fool” over his remarks calling the militant group Hezbollah “very smart.” In a speech with his supporters Wednesday in Florida, Trump criticized Israel’s lack of preparedness for the attacks from the militant group Hamas. He critiqued the Israeli defense minister for issuing a warning…

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#Former IRS contractor pleads guilty on Trump leaked tax returns

#Former IRS contractor pleads guilty on Trump leaked tax returns

A former IRS contractor pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of leaking tax information about former President Trump and others to news outlets between 2018 and 2020. Charles Littlejohn, 38, was charged by the Justice Department last month for disclosing tax return information on “thousands of the nation’s wealthiest individuals” to a news organization as well as passing…

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#House holds a bipartisan vigil in support of Israel

#House holds a bipartisan vigil in support of Israel

A group of Representatives held a candlelight vigil on the Capitol steps for Israel Thursday night. The bipartisan vigil was held by Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.). “For me, as a member of Congress, as a Jew, as a Zionist, as a human being, this moment of us coming together,…

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