The Stage · 2026-04-10 14:22:26 · Variety
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel directly challenged First Lady Melania Trump's public denial of any association with the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The confrontation came after Melania Trump delivered a surprise public address at the White House on April 9, a move that reportedly caught her...
The Network · 2026-04-14 15:53:01 · Wired
Internal FCC emails expose a direct pipeline from a conservative legal group into the office of Chairman Brendan Carr, used to build a formal case against late-night host Jimmy Kimmel and his staff. The communications reveal how the Media Research Center, a right-leaning watchdog, leveraged this access to submit detail...
The Network · 2026-04-28 17:24:10 · Hollywood Reporter
The Federal Communications Commission has signaled it will seek an early review of Disney's broadcast television licenses, a regulatory move that follows President Trump's public demand that late-night host Jimmy Kimmel be fired. The timing of the review raises questions about whether political pressure is influencing ...
The Network · 2026-04-28 21:54:07 · Ars Technica
The Federal Communications Commission has moved to review ABC's broadcast licenses—an unusual step that came within a day of President Trump and the first lady publicly calling for Jimmy Kimmel to be fired over a joke in which he described Melania Trump as an "expectant widow." The FCC issued an order requiring Disney,...