Much more so than conservative outlets like the WSJ or Bloomberg, the NYT’s brain-worm reporting (or editing, if you want to shield your faves from blame) is best read as a more grammatically coherent version of whatever slop the Trump administration is pumping out as their latest justification.
How did you learn about this deal?
The US Steel deal was reported on (badly) and @bjmquinn.bsky.social noticed that the corp had filed a new charter with the merger ; that’s where all the non-MAGA spokesmen details come from
linked in the blog post above if you’re curious for the primary materials