The GOP’s Future, Apple Sues OpenAI, & the Musk-Altman Feud 7/13/26

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4.2 • 547 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

After the death of Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), former Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) discusses Sen. Graham’s legacy and the future of both the Republican and Democratic parties. Shares of SK Hynix fell over 15% in Seoul on Monday after its impressive Friday debut of US-traded shares on the Nasdaq. Semafor’s Rohan Goswami is reporting that friends and advisers of Paramount CEO David Ellison are pushing him to consider relocating the company out of California. Goswami discusses the state’s role in Paramount’s $110B takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery and the likelihood that the company will start fresh somewhere new. Plus, Apple is suing OpenAI, and Elon Musk and Sam Altman are taking shots at each other on X. Emily Wilkins - 02:32 Patrick McHenry - 16:51 Rohan Goswami - 33:52 In this episode: Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Emily Wilkins, @emrwilkins Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	bring in show music please
0:02.5	Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer. Today on Squawk Pod.
0:09.1	The shocking death of a U.S. Senator greets Washington as it returns from a holiday recess
0:13.8	to a week full of confirmation hearings. Potential legislation. Oh, and remember those
0:18.9	midterm elections. Former Republican Congressman
0:21.3	Patrick McHenry walks us through all of it. Vote for the craziest person in the Democratic
0:26.6	primary in order to go fight President Trump. That's the current midterm message. Then California
0:32.2	versus a legacy studio. Paramount weighs leaving the Golden State. Semaphore reporter Rohan Gasswamy has the story.
0:39.8	Paramount has offered to increase their spending up to $30 billion. It's more than Netflix. It's more than
0:44.1	Disney. Those dollars aren't currently flowing into L.A.
0:47.7	About the rift over the Warner Brothers merger with the state's attorney general.
0:52.1	Rob Banta is a person who doesn't know what he wants here, but knows he needs to want something.
0:58.1	Plus, the rest of today's news that got us squawking, like the fight of the billionaires,
1:02.7	Elon Musk taking aim at Sam Altman.
1:05.4	Homey, I think a home slice, and for you, I might do home girl.
1:10.1	Okay.
1:16.7	It is Monday, July 13th, 2026. Squawk Pod begins right now.
1:20.6	Stand Becky by in three, two, one. Cure, please.
1:29.5	Good morning, everyone. Welcome to Squackbox right here on CNBC. We are live from the NASDAQ market site in Times Square.
1:32.8	I'm Becky Quick along with Joe Kernan and Andrew Ross Sorkin.
1:38.0	Tributes coming in for South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who died suddenly over the weekend.
1:41.8	And Emily Wilkins joins us this morning with more. Good morning.
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