July 14, 2026, 6:00 PM EDTBy Yasmin Vossoughian and Emily NgoWelcome to the daily Inside Scoop newsletter. We’ve been following the saga of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, a merger that attorneys general across the country are filing a suit to stop. Plus, an ICE shooting in Maine has left a 26-year-old man dead. I texted Julia Ainsley about that. Let’s get into it.The pending megamerger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery has hit a hurdle in the form of a multistate lawsuit claiming the takeover violates antitrust law.Just a moment.We are getting your experience ready.
Would the Paramount-Warner merger quash competition?
The pending deal between the entertainment titans is being challenged by a coalition of state attorneys general.











