{
  "id": 3537258,
  "title": "Iowa and Montana Ask Supreme Court to Block ‘Politicized’ Paramount-Warner Bros. Antitrust Suit Filed by California and 11 Other States",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/iowa-and-montana-ask-supreme-court-to-block-politicized-paramount",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-26T15:27:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/iowa-montana-lawsuit-supreme-court-block-politicized-paramount-warner-bros-california-1236843929/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Two Republican attorneys general are hoping the Supreme Court will step in to stop the antitrust lawsuit filed by 12 Democratic state AGs seeking to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and Montana AG Austin Knudsen filed a motion with the Supreme Court, naming California and the 11 other […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Iowa MAGA AG Wants To Take California & Rob Bonta To Supreme Court Over Paramount-WBD Antitrust Suit, Maybe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/iowa-maga-ag-wants-to-take-california-rob-bonta-to-supreme-court-over",
        "published": "2026-08-26T05:09:42.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}