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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met with President Trump, where the biggest story became about his off-the-cuff remark comparing the Iran attack to Pearl Harbor. (Alex Wong / Getty Images)

Trump likens Iran attack to Pearl Harbor

CK Smith
Noah Wyle attends the Los Angeles Red Carpet Premiere of Max Original Drama Series THE PITT at DGA Theater Complex on January 07, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images)

Wyle PSA roasts RFK Jr.

Garrett Owen
President Donald Trump in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Oct. 17, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The Trump train is losing steam

Heather Digby Parton
Millions of protesters showed up to rally against "King Trump", like this one at Philadelphia's Independence Hall, the birthplace of the United States. King Trump found his own way to "dump" on the event. (MATTHEW HATCHER / AFP / Getty Images)

"King Trump" takes "dump" on protesters

CK Smith
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Jane Fonda channels her famous father in reviving his free speech committee of people in the entertainment industry from the McCarthy era. (JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP / Getty Images)

Hollywood fights back — again

CK Smith
Ariana Grande attends the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 07, 2025 in Elmont, New York. (Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic)

Ariana Grande draws White House ire

Angelina Mazza
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (Disney/Randy Holmes)

Jimmy Kimmel was meant for this moment

Melanie McFarland
President Donald Trump at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump's diplomacy by insult

Brian Karem
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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
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)

TV networks vulnerable to Trump pressure

Sage Meredith Goodwin, Oscar Winberg - The Conversation
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in the Oval Office on May 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

How Orbán inspired Trump's media assault

Heather Digby Parton
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No Kings demonstration in Chicago, June 14, 2025. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

America's slow-motion coup speeds up

Andrew O'Hehir
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
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President Donald Trump walks to Air Force One at Morristown Airport on Sept. 14, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images))

All Trump requires is total fealty

Brian Karem
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
Roseanne Barr, host of FOX Nation’s "Cancel This!," Visits FOX News Channel’s "Gutfeld!" on February 14, 2023 in New York City. (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)

Barr, McCain celebrate Kimmel ouster

Alex Galbraith
Tucker Carlson speaks at his Live Tour at the Desert Diamond Arena on October 31, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Carlson warns against speech crackdowns

Garrett Owen
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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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