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337 matching recordsParamount-Skydance merger closed after FCC approval2025-08-07Donald J. Trumpmedia combination closed after Trump-era FCC approvalParamount Skydance Corporation4 sourcesParamount-Skydance merger closed after FCC approval2025-08-07Donald J. Trumpnews division moved into post-approval combined companyCBS News4 sourcesSenate minority staff estimated $9.4 million for embedded DOGE agency teams2025-07-31Elon Muskdeployed agency teams carrying personnel costsU.S. DOGE Service1 sourceSenate minority staff estimated $50.5 million for DOGE's direct operations2025-07-31Elon Muskconsumed appropriations and agency reimbursementsU.S. DOGE Service1 sourceSenate minority staff estimated $21.67 billion in DOGE-created costs2025-07-31Elon Muskgenerated administrative costs evaluated against its savings claimsU.S. DOGE Service1 sourceSenate minority staff traced $41.1 million in USDS reimbursements2025-07-31Elon Muskcharged agencies for DOGE supportUnited States Digital Service1 sourceArmy gives ballroom donor Palantir a purchasing framework capped at $10 billion2025-07-31Donald J. Trumpadministration's Army awarded enterprise agreementPalantir Technologies1 sourceFCC dissent attributed the approval sequence to administration pressure2025-07-24Donald J. Trumptransaction approval criticized in official FCC dissentParamount Skydance Corporation1 sourceFCC granted the Paramount broadcast-license control transfers2025-07-24Donald J. TrumpTrump-era FCC granted broadcast control transferParamount Skydance Corporation3 sourcesFCC granted the Paramount broadcast-license control transfers2025-07-24Donald J. Trumpbroadcast parent transferred under Trump-era FCC orderCBS News3 sourcesFCC order left the CBS complaint open and rejected an unsupported control claim2025-07-24Donald J. Trumpseparate news-distortion proceeding remained openCBS News2 sourcesFCC order left the CBS complaint open and rejected an unsupported control claim2025-07-24Donald J. Trumppremature-control allegation rejected on submitted recordParamount Skydance Corporation2 sourcesMAGA Inc. reports a $1 million contribution in Isabela Herrera's name2025-07-22Isabela Herrerareported contributor toMAGA Inc.1 sourceSkydance committed CBS to viewpoint and ombudsman measures2025-07-22Donald J. Trumpeditorial commitments filed with Trump's FCC chairCBS News2 sourcesSkydance filed employment-policy commitments during FCC review2025-07-22Donald J. Trumpfiled employment-policy commitments with Trump's FCC chairParamount Skydance Corporation2 sourcesPardon broker reports $960,000 from Joseph Schwartz before Trump's pardon2025-07-18Joseph SchwartzPaid reported lobbying income for pardon advocacyJ M Burkman & Associates1 sourcePentagon awarded Musk's xAI a contract with a $200 million ceiling2025-07-14Elon Muskreceived a Pentagon AI contract after DOGE promoted GrokxAI1 sourcePentagon awarded Musk's xAI a contract with a $200 million ceiling2025-07-14xAIreceived a frontier-AI contract fromU.S. Department of Defense1 sourceWeather privatization plans overlapped Lutnick family market interests2025-07-09Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.reported investment and financing relationshipSatellogic Inc.3 sourcesWeather privatization plans overlapped Lutnick family market interests2025-07-09BGC Group, Inc.private market potentially affected by public-service reductionsNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration3 sourcesLutnick received a limited waiver while Cantor transfers remained unfinished2025-07-08Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.served as the stablecoin issuer's primary bankerTether Holdings Limited4 sourcesShari Redstone pushed Paramount to settle Trump's CBS lawsuit2025-07-01Donald J. Trumpsettled lawsuit while control sale awaited approvalParamount Skydance Corporation2 sourcesShari Redstone pushed Paramount to settle Trump's CBS lawsuit2025-07-01Donald J. Trumpbroadcast challenged in his settled lawsuitCBS News1 sourceAmerican Bitcoin netted $215.3 million after $4.8 million in costs2025-06-27Hut 8 Corp.majority owner and operating partnerAmerican Bitcoin Corp.2 sourcesAqua 1 bought $100 million of WLFI while its owners remained opaque2025-06-26Aqua 1 Foundationpurchased WLFI tokensWorld Liberty Financial, Inc.2 sourcesTrump Mobile removed its explicit 'Made in the USA' phone claim2025-06-26Donald Trump Jr.co-launched the family-licensed wireless brandTrump Mobile3 sourcesThe DOGE 100 review found deep private-sector and regulatory overlaps2025-06-10Elon Muskrecruited and retained industry-linked personnelU.S. DOGE Service1 sourceThe Supreme Court required narrower discovery into DOGE's FOIA status2025-06-06Elon Muskchallenged discovery into whether DOGE was subject to FOIAU.S. DOGE Service2 sourcesSubscription revenue falls $1.6 million in first comparable sales period2025-06-032 sourcesMusk cut his DOGE savings target from $2 trillion to $150 billion2025-05-30Elon Muskled and promoted DOGE savings campaignU.S. DOGE Service1 sourceDOGE expanded use of Musk's Grok to analyze federal data2025-05-23Elon Muskintroduced Grok into federal analysis while Musk led DOGExAI1 sourceDOGE expanded use of Musk's Grok to analyze federal data2025-05-23xAIhad its Grok product promoted and used byU.S. DOGE Service1 sourceNew management alleges a $26 million deficit; former leadership disputes the account2025-05-212 sourcesLutnick agreed to sell 16.45 million Class A and 8.97 million Class B BGC shares2025-05-16BGC Group, Inc.agreed to buy 16,452,850 Class A sharesHoward Lutnick3 sourcesLutnick agreed to sell 16.45 million Class A and 8.97 million Class B BGC shares2025-05-16Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.agreed to buy 8,973,721 Class B sharesHoward Lutnick3 sourcesA Musk-paid adviser helped dismantle the regulator overseeing Tesla and X payments2025-05-14Consumer Financial Protection Bureauheld consumer-finance jurisdiction overTesla, Inc.1 sourceTrump Organization advanced a $1 billion Dubai tower2025-05-13Dar Globaldevelopment counterparty for announced Dubai towerThe Trump Organization2 sourcesTrump Organization advanced a $1 billion Dubai tower2025-05-13The Trump Organizationbrand licensor and manager for announced developmentTrump International Hotel and Tower Dubai2 sourcesTrump Organization partnered with Qatar's state-owned developer on a golf resort2025-04-30Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Companyjoint resort-development counterpartyThe Trump Organization2 sourcesTrump Organization partnered with Qatar's state-owned developer on a golf resort2025-04-30Dar Globaljoint resort-development counterpartyThe Trump Organization2 sources