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Paramount shareholders elect all directors as Skydance merger awaits approval

Influential proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services advised clients to vote against the four directors standing for re-election, including the media company's chair Shari Redstone, citing "a problematic capital structure." The recommendation was symbolic, because the Redstone family controls 77% of the voting shares of Paramount through a holding company, National Amusements, according to LSEG data.

Why it matters: Influential proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services advised clients to vote against the four directors standing for re-election, including the media company's chair Shari Redstone, citing "a problematic capital structure." The recommendation was symbolic, because the Redstone family controls 77% of the voting shares of Paramount through a holding company, National Amusements, according to LSEG data.

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Trump pushes renovation of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

Trump said he wants to renovate the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and change its color on the National Mall. It matters because this is not just about a pool. It is about pre...

Why it matters: Trump said he wants to renovate the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and change its color on the National Mall. It matters because this is not just about a pool. It is about pre...

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Kentucky to pass bill that would declare trans people mentally ill

Kentucky lawmakers are on track to pass a bill that would label transgender people mentally ill and block trans teachers from working. That matters because the state would be us...

Why it matters: Kentucky lawmakers are on track to pass a bill that would label transgender people mentally ill and block trans teachers from working. That matters because the state would be us...

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Bipartisan Praise Greets New Superintendent at Board of Ed

Virginia’s new state superintendent, Jenna Conway, got a warm bipartisan welcome at her first Board of Education meeting. That calm start matters because this job shapes how Vir...

Why it matters: Virginia’s new state superintendent, Jenna Conway, got a warm bipartisan welcome at her first Board of Education meeting. That calm start matters because this job shapes how Vir...

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WATCH: Dems go silent, pull Women's Month resolution after GOP asks for simple definition

Pennsylvania House Democrats pulled a Women’s Month resolution after Republicans forced a fight over how to define “woman.” The clash mattered because it turned a ceremonial res...

Why it matters: Pennsylvania House Democrats pulled a Women’s Month resolution after Republicans forced a fight over how to define “woman.” The clash mattered because it turned a ceremonial res...

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Trump's Home District Elects a Democratic Representative in Florida Special Election

A Democrat won a Florida state House seat in Donald Trump’s home district, flipping a seat Republicans had held easily. The result matters because it shows a crack in GOP contro...

Why it matters: A Democrat won a Florida state House seat in Donald Trump’s home district, flipping a seat Republicans had held easily. The result matters because it shows a crack in GOP contro...

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Russian Lawmakers Go to U.S. for First Time Since Invasion of Ukraine

The State Department lifted sanctions to let Russian lawmakers enter the U.S. for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine. The move matters because it shows how foreign pol...

Why it matters: The State Department lifted sanctions to let Russian lawmakers enter the U.S. for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine. The move matters because it shows how foreign pol...

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Moscow’s Plasticine Man Comes to Washington

A Russian Duma delegation has arrived in the U.S. for meetings in New York and Washington. The visit matters because it comes with sanctions relief, political blessing, and a fi...

Why it matters: A Russian Duma delegation has arrived in the U.S. for meetings in New York and Washington. The visit matters because it comes with sanctions relief, political blessing, and a fi...

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Jen Psaki mercilessly mocks GOP as 'Little Mike Johnson' invents new award for Trump

Jen Psaki mocked Republicans for creating yet another award for Donald Trump. The episode matters because it shows how much of today’s politics is about performance, not governa...

Why it matters: Jen Psaki mocked Republicans for creating yet another award for Donald Trump. The episode matters because it shows how much of today’s politics is about performance, not governa...

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Gwinnett County Schools approves new superintendent

Gwinnett County Public Schools has approved Dr. Alexandra Estrella as its new superintendent. The hire puts one of Georgia’s biggest school systems in new hands, with real effec...

Why it matters: Gwinnett County Public Schools has approved Dr. Alexandra Estrella as its new superintendent. The hire puts one of Georgia’s biggest school systems in new hands, with real effec...

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Trump’s New DHS Secretary Proudly Bragged About Hitting His Kids

The new Department of Homeland Security secretary is under scrutiny after a resurfaced video showed him bragging about hitting his children. It is a personal scandal first, but...

Why it matters: The new Department of Homeland Security secretary is under scrutiny after a resurfaced video showed him bragging about hitting his children. It is a personal scandal first, but...

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NY Gov. Kathy Hochul On Trump’s Demand That Penn Station Be Renamed For Him: “Over My Dead Body”

Gov. Kathy Hochul rejected Donald Trump’s demand to rename Penn Station after him, saying it would happen “over my dead body.” The fight matters because it is not really about a...

Why it matters: Gov. Kathy Hochul rejected Donald Trump’s demand to rename Penn Station after him, saying it would happen “over my dead body.” The fight matters because it is not really about a...

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