Kimmel suspension highlights Trump’s growing power over U.S. media landscape Politics Sep 18, 2025 1:49 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has used threats, lawsuits and government pressure as he remakes the American media landscape, unleashing his long-standing grievances against an industry that has mocked, criticized and scorned him for years.

He has extracted multimillion dollar settlements, forced companies into costly litigation and prompted changes to programming that he found objectionable.

In his latest victory, ABC announced on Wednesday that the Jimmy Kimmel show would be taken off the air for the comedian’s comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Kimmel’s remarks included references to the suspect’s disputed political ideology.

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