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President Donald Trump has threatened reporters with treason over Iran war coverage (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Trump to media: Cheer the war — or else

Sophia Tesfaye
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr echoed President Trump's warning on media to cover the Iran War according to his viewpoint or suffer the consequences. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)

FCC warns broadcasters covering Iran War

CK Smith
Bari Weiss' tenure at CBS News has been tumultuous (Leigh Vogel/Getty Images)

CBS meltdown goes beyond Bari Weiss

Sophia Tesfaye
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr testifies at a Senate oversight hearing on Dec. 17, 2025. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Trump's attack dog is Biden's legacy

Sophia Tesfaye
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“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (Disney/Randy Holmes)

Jimmy Kimmel was meant for this moment

Melanie McFarland
"South Park" (Comedy Central)

“South Park” gives Carr toxoplasmosis

Angelina Mazza
Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel ( Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)

Kimmel’s return is a Project 2025 defeat

Sophia Tesfaye
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. and Donald Trump (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The FCC's phony right-wing critics

Charles R. Davis
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The FCC is taking a victory lap after ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel "indefinitely," but Ted Cruz warns fellow conservatives this might have lasting effects on all political speech, even their own. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

FCC threatens, Cruz sounds alarm

CK Smith
Demonstrators protest the suspension of the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" show on Sept. 18, 2025, outside the El Capitan Entertainment Centre in Hollywood where the show is performed. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Media censorship is a structural problem

Jeff Cohen
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC/Randy Holmes)

The strongman's fear of comedians

Melanie McFarland
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government on May 21, 2025. (John McDonnell/Getty Images))

Brendan Carr betrays free speech

Austin Sarat
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Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr speaks during the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on February 24, 2024. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Jeffries: FCC chair "disgraced" himself

Garrett Owen
Jimmy Kimmel attends the 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sept. 7, 2025 in Los Angeles, Calif. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Kimmel falls victim to Trump's media war

Heather Digby Parton
Jimmy Kimmel attends the 28th Annual UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation's "Taste For A Cure" event at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on May 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images)

Kimmel pulled over Kirk commentary

Alex Galbraith
Jimmy Kimmel at Jeff Ross' "Take A Banana For The Ride" Broadway Opening Night. (Photo by John Nacion/Variety via Getty Images)

FCC's Carr threatens Kimmel over Kirk

Garrett Owen
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The Paramount logo is displayed at Columbia Square along Sunset Blvd in Hollywood, California on March 9, 2023. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

FCC approves Paramount, Skydance merger

Alex Galbraith
Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr speaks during the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on February 24, 2024. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Skydance tells FCC it will end DEI

Cheyenne McNeill
Donald Trump | Fox News Logo (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Weaponizing the FCC saves Fox News

Jonathan Reiss
Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Brendan Carr (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

FCC threatens outlet over ICE reporting

Griffin Eckstein
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Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr speaks during the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on February 24, 2024. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump's FCC investigating NPR, PBS

Griffin Eckstein
Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr speaks during the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on February 24, 2024. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Project 2025 author tapped to lead FCC

Marin Scotten
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