press freedom

4 briefs

power 2026-04-29

The FCC Opens a License Review Over a Late-Night Joke

The White House wants Jimmy Kimmel fired. The FCC is helping. Neither will succeed, and that may be the point.

power 2026-04-28

The Regulator as Weapon

The FCC is threatening to challenge ABC's broadcast licenses because a comedian made a joke the president disliked. The licensing process has never been used this way. That is the point.

power 2026-04-26

Trump Escapes the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Now He Wants to Escape the Venue Entirely.

A gunman breached security at the annual press dinner, and before the night was over, Trump was using the chaos to accelerate a plan his lawyers had been blocking for months.

power 2026-04-10

The Pentagon Keeps Losing in Court and Keeps Not Caring

Judge Friedman found the Defense Department in contempt for evading his press access ruling. The administration's plan is not to comply. It is to appeal.