UPDATE 2-U.S. Justice Department may sue to block Sprint, T-Mobile merger -source
July 18, 2019 at 15:19 PM EDT
The U.S. Justice Department has told T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp to wrap up a deal by the end of next week to sell assets that are to be divested as a condition of their proposed merger or face a lawsuit aimed at stopping the transaction, a source familiar with the deal said on Thursday.