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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said on September 6, 2026 that the agency is "looking at a lot of actions" against broadcasters, including possible guidance on "fake polls" ahead of the midterms. Carr spoke days after...
The Federal Communications Commission asked a Washington, D.C. federal court to dismiss ABC's First Amendment lawsuit accusing the agency of waging a "retaliatory campaign" against the network. ABC's Aug. 18 suit...
Trump wrote on social media Sunday that Kristen Welker, moderator of NBC's "Meet the Press," would be "reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment" after she described his primary endorsement record as producing "mixed...
U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan on Aug. 20 rejected Disney's request for an urgent hearing in its suit seeking to block the Federal Communications Commission's early review of the licenses for its eight company-owned...
ABC, parent company Disney and the eight local stations whose licenses are affected sued the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday on First Amendment grounds, asking a federal court to stop the early license...
During his July 16, 2026 primetime address, President Trump said ABC and NBC had declined to carry the speech live and added that fraud like this should mean a revocation of their licenses. CBS and Fox were the only...
On June 22, 2026, President Trump said he was preparing lawsuits against ABC News over its reporting on repairs to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. 'We are preparing lawsuits against ABC for false reporting,' he...
On April 28, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission issued an order directing Disney to file license renewals for its eight owned ABC broadcast stations by May 28, opening an early review of those licenses. The...
On September 17, 2025, ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live indefinitely, hours after FCC Chairman Brendan Carr publicly pressed the network's affiliates over Kimmel's monologue about the killing of Charlie Kirk. In the...