President Donald Trump's contentious relationship with U.S. news organizations has led to a host of legal battles and disputes, the latest of which is ABC's indefinite suspension of the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” show Wednesday.
Trump celebrated the suspension of Kimmel, a veteran late-night comic and frequent critic of the president and his policies. Kimmel’s monologue during Monday’s show included a reference to the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, and compared Trump’s grief to “how a 4-year-old mourns a goldfish.” After the show, some ABC-affiliated stations said they would pull it from their lineups.
It came after FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, a Trump appointee, called Kimmel’s comments “truly sick” and said his agency had a strong case for holding Kimmel, ABC and its par