House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from New York, discusses the lack of conversation with Republicans as the government shutdown continues, the need to extend subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, his argument Wednesday with Republican Rep. Mike Lawler, and the New York City Mayoral race and Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani.

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Netflix Inc. wants you to play Boggle in between binges of Stranger Things.

The streaming service is making its video games available for play on TVs for the first time, co-Chief Executive Officer Greg Peters said Wednesday at the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles, taking a major step forward in one of its key growth initiatives.

“One of the gaming areas we’re going after is social gaming experiences that can show up on your TV,” said Peters, who gave the company a B-minus grade for its efforts in that area so far.

Netflix is specifically offering games that can be played in groups, including Boggle Party, Pictionary: Game Night, Tetris Time Warp and Lego Party. 

The company has been offering games for four years, part of a plan to extend its reach beyond films and TV shows. Until now, users had to play those games on mobile devices. With the new ones, subscribers will use their phones as controllers, but much of the play will be on the big screen.

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Comedian Jimmy Kimmel thought his late-night show was over after ABC suspended the program following comments he made over the assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk.

“A list of demands was presented to me, and I was not going to go along with any of them,” the host said at the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday. “And it’s like, well, I guess we’re done. I said to my wife, ‘That’s it. It’s over.’”

In a wide-ranging interview, his first since returning to the air, Kimmel said his comments about Kirk’s killing were “intentionally and maliciously mischaracterized” by the political right.

The host of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Walt Disney Co.’s ABC network became a central figure in the Trump administration’s culture wars following the comments he made last month. Kimmel’s remarks prompted Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr to tell TV stations to drop the show or potentially face regulatory consequences. 

Kimmel, whose contract is up in May, declined to say whether he will continue hosting the show after that. 

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15-time NBA All-Star and philanthropist Shaquille O'Neal announces that he is stepping into the infrastructure space with Jacmel Infrastructure as Founding Partner. He speaks with host Romaine Bostick alongside Jorge Mora, Co-Managing Partner at Jacmel Partners about the deal and why this new venture is personal.

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US House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, blames "political games being played by Democrats in the Senate" for the current federal government shutdown. Speaking with Joe Mathieu on "Balance of Power," Speaker Johnson also says the health-care subsidies fight is a distraction.

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Thoma Bravo Co-Founder and Managing Partner Orlando Bravo speaks with Bloomberg’s Dani Burger about the future of private markets and the shakeout in private equity at the LAVCA Week Conference in New York.

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Christopher Dembik, Senior Investment Advisor at Pictet, says suspending France's pension reform would pose one of the biggest risks to the country's fiscal outlook. He spoke to host Stephen Carroll in Paris on "Bloomberg Daybreak Europe".

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Senator Rand Paul said he plans to cosponsor a measure that would prevent the Trump administration from conducting military strikes against suspected drug boats, adding to his condemnation of recent deadly attacks on alleged narco-traffickers in the Caribbean. He speaks with host Joe Mathieu about this, the latest developments with the government shutdown, his “Six Penny Plan” for balancing the federal budget and more.

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Once known for decline and blight, Baltimore is now a national urban revival story. In 2024 alone, it generated $4.4B in economic activity, grew its population, and cut crime. The city is advancing bold projects in housing, waterfront redevelopment, and port expansion — including a $1.2B public investment leveraging $5B in private capital to revitalize 37,000+ properties. Mayor Brandon Scott expands on this with Bloomberg's Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec

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Former Treasury secretary Robert Rubin discusses the state of the US economy and how he sees President Trump's tariff policy impacting growth and inflation at the Greenwich Economic Forum in conversation with Bloomberg's Lisa Abramowicz.

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