http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2017/11/02/att-wants-to-close-its-deal-with-time-warner-but-first-it-has-to-go-through-this-guy/

The biggest corporate acquisition of the year is inching closer to resolution. With President Trump's top antitrust official, Makan Delrahim, getting up to speed in his new job, many analysts predict the Justice Department could rule on AT&T's purchase of Time Warner in a matter of weeks.

At this point, it seems, things could go either way. The Justice Department is still talking to the companies involved, as well as outside parties, to try to understand how the deal could affect competition. If the agency concludes the deal is no good in any fashion, it could file a lawsuit to try to block the acquisition. But the transaction could also still be approved, possibly in a modified form. The question of what the final version looks like is where it gets interesting. And a key variable in the outcome will likely be CNN, the cable channel that President Trump frequently criticizes.