Some companies - SpaceX, Starlink, Meta - are doing well under the current administration. Google, not so much.

While the DOJ has backed away from forcing Google to sell its stake in AI firm Anthropic, that might not be a loss. Observers say this move simplifies the case, reduces legal pushback, and could make actual remedies more enforceable in the near term.

As part of the antitrust case filed more than four years ago, the Justice Department wants Google to divest its Chrome browser.