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(https://deadline.com/2026/09/paramount-merger-settlement-delayed-1237112835/) Striving to get a settlement in (https://deadline.com/tag/paramount/) Paramount ‘s (https://deadline.com/2026/02/massive-merger-confirmed-paramount-and-wbd-reveal-details-1236738785/) $111 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery approved by a federal judge, CEO (https://deadline.com/tag/david-ellison/) David Ellison is among the invited guests to tonight’s superpower sit-down. A past donor to Democrats, the son of Oracle founder and close Trump ally Larry Ellison has become close to the MAGA administration in his pursuit of Paramount last year and more recently WBD. That closeness to Trump has proved a major concern to opponents of the ParaBros mega-deal, especially when it comes to the Bari Weiss-run CBS News and, down the line, (https://deadline.com/tag/cnn/) CNN .      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(https://deadline.com/category/news/) News   (https://deadline.com/2026/09/trump-state-dinner-cnn-coverage-1237113326/) CNN Says It Was Denied Trump White House Access To Cover Arrivals At State Dinner For Chinese President Xi Jinping      (https://deadline.com/2026/09/paramount-merger-settlement-delayed-1237112835/) (L-R: Rob Bonta, Leticia James and David Ellison)   (https://deadline.com/category/legal/) Legal   (https://deadline.com/2026/09/paramount-merger-settlement-delayed-1237112835/) No ParaBros Decision Today As Judge Delays Settlement Sign-Off; CA AG’s Office Insists Deal “Not The Result Of Collusion”        ()   From left: (https://deadline.com/tag/elon-musk/) Elon Musk , Mark Zuckerberg, (https://deadline.com/tag/jeff-bezos/) Jeff Bezos and (https://deadline.com/tag/sam-altman/) Sam Altman  Getty Images    The tech-leaning Ellison will be among a band of brothers with Elon Musk, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, TikTok’s Jeff Yass, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella at tonight’s White House event. Along with the titans of traditional industry Trump loves to surround himself with like Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon and Dell’s Michael Dell, Apple’s former CEO (https://deadline.com/tag/tim-cook/) Tim Cook and Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos will be partaking of the three-course meal. Watch on Deadline     Chinese officials, White House senior staff, Cabinet members, Trump offspring, congressional GOP leaders and several members of the Supreme Court also are in attendance. Equally unsurprisingly, (https://deadline.com/tag/fox-news/) Fox News ‘ Jesse Watters, (https://deadline.com/tag/laura-ingraham/) Laura Ingraham (called an “American television presenter”) and Bret Baier are on the state dinner guest list with their respective spouses. 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