FCC approves foreign investment in Paramount-Warner Bros. mergerWASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission approved a Paramount Skydance request to allow foreign investors to back its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery but said they could not hold voting stock.Spokane Spokesman-Review18d agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityfcc merger approval
Miami Republican congresswoman’s new campaign ad slams Trump on immigrationMiami Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar chastised President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda and warned him against listening to his advisers in a new campaign ad released Thursday — just seven weeks before she’s up for re-election for a congressional seat that Democrats are hoping to flip this year.Spokane Spokesman-Review18d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmentMaria Elvira Salazar2024 election aftermath
Northwest GOP lawmakers lukewarm on Trump's proposal to pay Americans for electing RepublicansWASHINGTON – Before House lawmakers headed home for the final stretch of campaigning on Wednesday, Northwest Republicans expressed lukewarm support for President Donald Trump's latest electoral gambit: offering voters $5,000 apiece if they help Republicans retain full control of Congress.Spokane Spokesman-Review18d agoWhole story →EconomyGovernmenttrump dividend proposal
Michael Baumgartner, Russ Fulcher help House pass Russia sanctions bill named for the late Lindsey GrahamWASHINGTON – Inland Northwest Republicans helped the House of Representatives on Wednesday pass legislation to impose new sanctions on Russia in response to its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, sending the bill to President Donald Trump’s desk after it cleared the Senate in August.Spokane Spokesman-Review18d agoWhole story →SecurityGovernmentLindsey GrahamMichael BaumgartnerRuss Fulcherrussia sanctions bill passage
Spokane to block off Browne Street viaduct sidewalks to all pedestriansOnly weeks after Mayor Lisa Brown came into office, she ordered the removal of metal construction fences that had blocked off the Browne Street viaduct to the homeless – and everyone else – for almost exactly two years.Spokane Spokesman-Review19d agoWhole story →BuildJusticeLisa Brownspokane homeless policy change
Trump floats EU tariffs if Canada invite deemed hostile actPresident Donald Trump floated hitting goods imported from the European Union with fresh tariffs or even cutting off some trade if he determined that a push to make Canada a potential associate of the bloc was harmful to the U.S.Spokane Spokesman-Review19d agoWhole story →EconomySecurityDonald Trumpus canada trade tensions
Here’s what a Fed rate hike means for your mortgage, car loan and credit cardsThe Federal Reserve raised interest rates Wednesday for the first time since 2023, but that won’t mean the mortgage rate or car loan you’ve been eyeing will suddenly shoot up.Spokane Spokesman-Review19d agoWhole story →BuildEconomyfed rate hike
