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DOJ Career Staffers Were Surprised by Decision to Allow Paramount-Warner Deal

Jun 15, 2026 · 11m

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P.M. Edition for June 15. We’re exclusively reporting that Justice Department staffers investigating the merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery didn’t have an opportunity to object before the DOJ allowed the deal. Plus,news of the preliminary peace agreement between the U.S. and Iran sent stock markets soaring and oil prices sliding–though as WSJ energy markets reporter Rebecca Feng discusses, fully reopening the Strait of Hormuz may take a while. And two new blood tests can help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. Journal health and wellness reporter Alex Janin says not everyone should take them, despite consumers’ growing interest in their own health. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for…