The Republican-controlled Federal Trade Commission is abandoning a Biden-era effort to block Microsoft’s purchase of “Call of Duty” video game maker Activision Blizzard. In an order issued Thursday, the FTC said it had determined that “the public interest is best served by dismissing the administrative litigation in this case.

The New York Times reported that the Federal Trade Commission launched an investigation into Media Matters over alleged collusion with advertisers against Elon Musk's X.