Overview

• In the Oval Office on Friday, President Trump said overwhelmingly negative broadcast reporting is “really illegal” and cited a claim that coverage of him is “97% bad.”
• He argued networks use “free airwaves” and floated punishments up to revoking broadcast licenses, echoing comments he made the previous day.
• FCC Chair Brendan Carr warned on a podcast that ABC and its affiliates could “do this the easy way” or face “additional work for the FCC” over Kimmel’s monologue about the Charlie Kirk case.
• Nexstar said it would stop airing Jimmy Kimmel’s show “for the foreseeable future,” and ABC then suspended the program “indefinitely.”
• CNN anchors criticized Trump’s stance and Sen. Ted Cruz blasted Carr’s tactics, while experts note the FCC’s authority over viewpoint-based news content is narrowly limited.