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‘Trump TV’ is just reruns of the president on YouTube

The White House is now airing reruns of President Donald Trump’s speeches, bill signings, and other moments on a YouTube livestream that it’s calling “Trump TV,” as reported earlier by Time. The 24/7 station launched just days after Trump banned CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the White House. Following several teasers propping up “Trump […]

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Another big James Talarico interview is punted to YouTube due to FCC threats

Jimmy Kimmel will be interviewing Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico “under unusual circumstances,” posting the interview directly to YouTube, rather than airing it on TV during Jimmy Kimmel Live. In Wednesday night’s episode, Kimmel said this was out of concern for retaliation from the Trump administration’s FCC: [Trump’s] FCC has threatened me, threatened our […]

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ABC sues the FCC over Trump and Carr’s campaign of threats

ABC is suing the Federal Communications Commission over claims the agency “waged a retaliatory campaign” against its networks over the content they broadcast. In a lawsuit filed in federal court on Tuesday, ABC and its parent company Disney accuse the FCC of “punishing ABC for its speech” by threatening its broadcast licenses. It’s the latest […]

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Brendan Carr is one firing away from an unchecked FCC

President Donald Trump already holds a Republican majority in the agency tasked with regulating America’s communications systems. But with a new nomination to the Federal Communications Commission, he could move to shut out opposing voices altogether – albeit at a legal risk. The FCC is currently composed of two Republicans and one Democrat – Republican […]

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Brendan Carr officially unleashes broadcast consolidation

The era of set broadcast ownership limits is officially over, after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted Thursday to end the national ownership cap rule. The agency’s two Republicans, Chair Brendan Carr and Commissioner Olivia Trusty, voted to end the ownership cap, which restricts broadcast owners from holding stations that reach a combined more than […]

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xAI’s last-minute scramble to stop Minnesota’s anti-nudification app law

xAI is suing Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison over a law passed back in May that broadly targets “nudification” apps, claiming that the statute’s punitive provisions leave the company with “no practical choice but to restrict Grok Imagine’s image-editing features in various ways.” The law, the company argues, violates the First Amendment. Back in January, […]

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FCC plans to clear the way for more media consolidation

The Federal Communications Commission will vote next month on whether a single company can own broadcast stations that reach more than 39 percent of US TV households. In a Breitbart op-ed on Wednesday, Republican Chair Brendan Carr announced an August 6th vote to end the national ownership cap rule, which was intended to prevent one […]

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ICE agents are making house calls for online critics

A few hours after checking into a hotel in New York City, David Streever woke up to a call from the front desk saying someone was looking for him. Streever had just landed on a return trip from Finland, where he’d vacationed with his daughter. Though Streever didn’t know it yet, while he’d been away, […]

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ABC tells the government to get out of its newsrooms

ABC is firing back at the Federal Communications Commission after the agency opened an investigation into The View’s airtime of political candidates. In a letter to the FCC on Tuesday, ABC argues that the agency’s actions pose a risk to editorial independence by targeting programs “perceived as unfriendly to the current administration,” as reported earlier […]

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The midterms are going to be a data security nightmare

One messy database is threatening to disenfranchise thousands or even millions of registered voters, while leaving even more at risk of intimidation or data breaches, in the name of solving a problem that barely exists. As the 2026 midterm elections approach, election and privacy experts are sounding alarms about the Department of Homeland Security’s Systematic […]

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