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Good morning. ABC sued the FCC on Tuesday, arguing that the agency's accelerated review of its broadcast licenses amounts to government retaliation for programming the Trump administration doesn't like. The complaint, filed in federal court in Washington, points to the timing: the FCC opened its early license review in April, years ahead of schedule, not long after fresh political blowback over Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show and ABC's daytime program "The View." The agency has framed its inquiry as a look at Disney's diversity and inclusion practices, but ABC's lawsuit casts that as a pretext for punishing critical coverage of the president. This is a First Amendment fight with real stakes for how far a regulator can go in leaning on a broadcaster's license renewal process to police content, and it lands amid a broader pattern of the administration scrutinizing media companies whose coverage it dislikes. Below: today's five recent stories across markets, AI, policy, and security. | |||||
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