NEWSNATIONNOW (MICHELLE CHAPMAN, Associated Press) - Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway chairman
He had served as Berkshire Hathaway’s chairman since 1970.
NYTIMES (Talmon Joseph Smith and Joe Rennison) - Companies Can Tell Investors Less Under Proposed S.E.C. Rules
Fewer audit and disclosure requirements could reduce costs, but experts say they could also help disguise fraud or financial stress.
REDSTATE (Ward Clark) - House Oversight Now Targeting McKinsey’s Flawed DEI Reports
JUSTTHENEWS (Ashe Short) - Congressional probe targets consulting reports that helped make DEI quotas a boardroom standard
Four unreplicated consulting reports became the evidentiary basis for hiring quotas — and the data behind them has never been released for scrutiny.
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - Trump sued for charging up to $100,000 for early access to his Truth Social posts
President Donald Trump is being sued over a new service from his social media platform, Truth Social, that charges customers up to $100,000 for early notifications to his posts, with plaintiffs arguing “the scheme is extraordinary, corrupt, and unconstitutional.” MS NOW's Fallon Gallagher breaks it down.
AI:President Donald Trump is facing a lawsuit over a new service from Truth Social that reportedly charges customers as much as $100,000 for early notifications regarding his posts. The plaintiffs are characterizing this premium access scheme as extraordinary, corrupt, and unconstitutional, marking the latest legal skirmish aimed at President Trump's private business interests and media platforms.Open
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Intercept sues Trump's media company over paid service offering faster access to president's posts
According to the company, the service provides a licensed, real-time feed designed for organizations that rely on rapid access to information. Firms pay between $60,000 and $100,000 per month for the service.
NYTIMES (Tariq Panja) - FIFA Executives Were Given Ultimatum to Approve World Cup Privatization Plan
The day before the World Cup final, key FIFA figures faced a stunning demand to sign off on a multibillion-dollar privatization project.
NPR (The Associated Press) - Gianni Infantino gets internal support at crisis meeting to remain as FIFA president
FIFA said Wednesday it had apologized for errors made over Gianni Infantino's failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup and that senior staff in attendance at a crisis meeting in Morocco "reaffirmed their full support" for his presidency.
NYTIMES (David Ellison) - David Ellison: In Defense of the Paramount-Warner Deal
The issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of CNN
NPR (Willem Marx) - Capital One says it closed Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns
The bank is asking a judge to permanently dismiss a lawsuit from Trump-affiliated businesses, arguing a monthslong internal review — not the Jan. 6 riot — explains why hundreds of accounts were shut down in 2021.