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The Washington Post's Hannah Natanson has written she relies heavily on confidential sources, 1,169 last year, in reporting on the Trump administration's purge of the federal workforce.

Now, she says she has none.

The government is prosecuting a Maryland contractor, alleging he illegally retained national security documents.

The Post argues that the government has an almost unlimited window into the newsroom's editorial processes, thanks to its access to the paper's Slack,

emails and content management system.

Magistrate Judge William B. Porter set a court hearing for February 6th to hear arguments on the post-motion that all the materials be returned.

The Justice Department has not yet filed a reply or responded to NPR's request for comment.

David Folkenflik, NPR News.

Netflix wants to take over HBO Max, Warner Brothers Studios, the Bat Catalog and intellectual property like Harry Potter and DC Comics.

Warner's board has already accepted the revised bid, but Paramount is making its case directly to Warner shareholders.

Paramount's offer of $108 billion would take everything, including CNN, TBS and other cable channels.

Paramount already owns Paramount Pictures, Paramount Plus and CBS.

A wild card President Trump wants to say and how the transaction turns out.

Paramount is financially controlled by two Trump allies, David Ellison and his father, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison.

Trump trashes CNN, but it's been critical of CBS News under the Ellisons, too.

And Netflix executives have been cozying up to the president.

David Folkenflik, NPR News.