Trump DOJ appealing judge`s OK of AT&T-Time Warner merger
(World News Science)

WASHINGTON (AP) - Stung by a federal judge`s dismissal of its objections to AT&T`s megamerger with Time Warner, the Trump Justice Department is challenging the decision with a legal appeal. The Justice Department said in a one-sentence document Thursday it is appealing the ruling last month by U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, which blessed one of the biggest media deals ever following a landmark antitrust trial. Leon rejected the government`s argument that the phone and pay-TV giant`s $81 billion takeover of the entertainment conglomerate would hurt competition, limit choices and jack up prices for consumers to stream TV and movies. Leon`s ruling allowed Dallas-based AT&T to absorb the...