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Federal prosecutors sidestepped some Justice Department rules when they seized the phone records of reporters as part of media leak investigations during the Trump administration, according to a new watchdog report being released as the aggressive practice of hunting for journalists’ sources could again be resurrected

Plus: Syria developments, Penny acquittal, and more...

In the seemingly never-ending psychodrama surrounding Rupert Murdoch and his family, life has imitated art. Again.

The trust divides control of the company equally among four of Rupert Murdoch’s children after he dies

The move would have changed the voting power of his less conservative children over his media empire

The move would have changed the voting power of his less conservative children over his media empire.

Where does this bombshell finding leave the future of the century-old conservative media empire — one that meddles ferociously in the politics of the US, the UK and Australia?

Rupert Murdoch, owner of Fox News and the Wall Street Journal, is seeking to put his son Lachlan in control of empire.

Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham is beginning the process of forming government after toppling former president Bashar al-Assad, and Australia has significantly increased its navy strike range with new long-range missiles.