Scott Horsley

Netflix appears to have won the bidding war to buy the studio and streaming business of Warner Bros.

Discovery for $72 billion.

The deal would allow Netflix to produce more programs in the U.S.

and give the streaming service access to Warner Bros.'

vast catalog of movies and TV shows.

The deal does not include Warner Discovery's cable networks, such as CNN and TBS.

Netflix beat out rival bidders Comcast and Paramount.

Cloud computing provider CloudFair says it's resolved a problem with its firewall that was disrupting global traffic on sites like Zoom and LinkedIn.

It's the second major outage for the company in three weeks.

Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.

Lawmakers have written to more than half a dozen big companies, including Amazon, Microsoft, and Union Pacific Railroad, asking how much they donated to the ballroom and whether there was any discussion of a quid pro quo.

All the companies that received letters have antitrust matters pending with the administration...

which the lawmakers say raises questions about the possibility of influence peddling.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says his company chose not to make a donation to avoid the appearance of buying favors.

So far, there's been little oversight of the giant White House ballroom or its price tag, which has grown to $300 million.

Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.

Lawmakers have written to more than half a dozen big companies, including Amazon, Microsoft, and Union Pacific Railroad, asking how much they donated to the ballroom and whether there was any discussion of a quid pro quo.

All the companies that received letters have antitrust matters pending with the administration.

which the lawmakers say raises questions about the possibility of influence peddling.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says his company chose not to make a donation to avoid the appearance of buying favors.