Actors Alan Cumming, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Benedict Wong published a joint op-ed in The Guardian on July 27 calling on Lisa Nandy to intervene in the merger.
“Paramount has promised to ensure that Channel 5 News maintains its editorial independence, that its editorial direction shall remain entirely separate from CBS News and CNN International, and that CNN International will continue to be available in the U.K. In addition, it has given assurances that the provider of Channel 5 News will continue to have editorial control and independence over news programming and that bona fide licensees will enjoy continued access to the CNN, CBS News and Channel 5 news archives on standard commercial terms.”
ParamountSaid DATE NOT STATEDReported AUG 06verbatim · 1 source
The U.K. government received assurances from Paramount regarding news plurality and editorial independence as part of the merger approval.
“When political actors direct employees to treat certain taxpayers differently, it undermines public confidence in our tax system and places dedicated civil servants in an impossible position.”
Doreen GreenwaldSaid AUG 06Reported AUG 06verbatim · 1 source
Doreen Greenwald said political actors directing employees to treat certain taxpayers differently undermines public confidence in the tax system.
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NBC News Morning Rundown: August 6, 2026
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Senate Republicans will vote on whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress.
Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer Covid questions
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Trump referenced that Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro were jailed on contempt charges during the Biden administration after defying congressional subpoenas.
Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 100 times during a hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
“This is just another example of boys gone wild, tearing loose from the mores of procedure, regular order, constitutional doctrine to vindicate some political vendetta,”
Stan BrandSaid DATE NOT STATEDReported AUG 06verbatim · 1 source
Brand, who previously represented Navarro and Scavino during contempt proceedings, doubted Paul's gambit of bypassing a full Senate vote.
“If there’s less selling pressure than had been expected, the stock price sometimes goes up when lockups expire. Most of the time, it goes down, but not always,”
Jay RitterSaid DATE NOT STATEDReported AUG 06verbatim · 1 source
Ritter explained that stock prices sometimes rise when lockups expire if selling pressure is lower than expected.
Congo Ebola health workers protest unpaid wages, disrupting response
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The current Ebola outbreak is the second-largest outbreak on record, behind the 2014-2016 West Africa outbreak that recorded more than 28,000 cases, including over 11,000 deaths.
Congolese health authorities held nearly 200 boat passengers in quarantine near Kinshasa after one traveler who had been aboard the boat died with Ebola-like symptoms.
“We have to come together and understand that whatever differences existed between Haley Stevens and Abdul (El-Sayed), those are very small compared to the difference between Abdul and (GOP nominee) Mike Rogers, and we’re going to make sure that our Democratic Party comes together in Michigan and reach out to independent voters to win the race,”
Gary PetersSaid AUG 05Reported AUG 05verbatim · 1 source
Peters said Democrats need to unite behind El-Sayed for the general election against Mike Rogers.
RWE is receiving $1.22 billion in exchange for relinquishing wind power leases that could have provided about seven gigawatts of power, enough for more than 5 million homes.
The administration adopted the lease buyback strategy after federal courts thwarted Trump's efforts to stop offshore wind development through executive action.
“On this day in 2012, NASA's robotic rover Curiosity successfully landed on the surface of Mars with the goal of understanding if the planet could have fostered life. Curiosity achieved that goal within a year,”
Jessica MeirSaid AUG 06Reported AUG 06verbatim · 1 source
Meir recalled the anniversary of NASA's Curiosity rover landing on Mars during her closing remarks of the spacewalk.
“These latest series of attacks follow an alarming pattern of escalating strikes against populated areas, reportedly resulting in a record-level increase in numbers of civilian casualties and widespread destruction of residential and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, as well as increasingly in the Russian Federation,”
Farhan HaqSaid AUG 06Reported AUG 06verbatim · 1 source
Haq said the U.N. Secretary-General condemned both sides for escalating attacks against populated areas.