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The Skydance company combines Hollywood studios, streaming services, and cable networks from both Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery.

The new company formed by the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery is named Skydance.

Paramount has acquired Warner Bros. Discovery to form a new company called Skydance. This new entity combines Hollywood studios, streaming services, and cable networks.

Data centers are becoming a central issue because of their "voracious appetite for electricity," which is leading to rising electricity prices and debates over who should bear the costs of the massive infrastructure buildout required to power the AI boom. This has led to various proposals, including moratoriums and requirements for developers to cover grid upgrade costs.

Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti is campaigning against data center projects that she claims raise electric bills, threaten local water supplies, or receive tax breaks. This contrasts with Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan, who has introduced legislation to protect local governments from corporate lawsuits if they choose to reject such projects.

Incumbent Republican Gabe Evans supported the bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act, which passed the House with a 417-3 vote. The act urges states to establish rules ensuring that data center developers cover the costs of power generation and grid upgrades, though it does not mandate these rules.

In rural Alaska, fuel costs are significantly higher than in the Lower 48, with gasoline reaching as high as $10 a gallon in some areas. Republican Senator Dan Sullivan has called for a temporary halt to U.S. diesel exports and argues that Alaska should produce more of its own energy. Additionally, the race is influenced by a project pushed by Trump to export liquefied natural gas from Alaska.

Republican Senator Jon Husted argues that data centers, rather than households, should be responsible for paying for the new power plants and grid infrastructure required to serve them; he sponsored a bill to this effect that passed the House but failed in the Senate. Conversely, Democrat Sherrod Brown is attacking Husted for his previous support of data centers and the tax incentives used to attract them to the state.

The war with Iran has kept gasoline prices well above $4 per gallon for several months and has contributed to diesel prices reaching record highs. In the Michigan Senate race, Republican hopeful Mike Rogers called for a temporary ban on diesel exports in September, a proposal that President Trump briefly considered but ultimately did not pursue.