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Dozens of Democrats in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives helped the GOP send a key spying bill to the Senate, earning sharp condemnation from the diverse movement that has called for privacy reforms.

Free speech advocates sounded the alarm over the FCC’s challenge to ABC’s broadcast licenses, with some decrying the move as a threat to the First Amendment and a clear example of federal overreach.

Press freedom advocates forcefully condemned the Republican-dominated FCC for moving to challenge Disney-owned ABC’s broadcast licenses as President Donald Trump again pressured the network to fire late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel.

“This extraordinary and unconstitutional attack on the media is nothing more than another favor to the most fragile president in U.S. history,” says Free Press Co-CEO Jessica J. González.

The FCC opened an unusual review of ABC’s broadcast licenses, one day after President Trump and the first lady called on ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel over a recent joke.

A coalition of free speech organizations, progressive lawmakers and antitrust advocates gathered in protest outside a private dinner hosted by Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, who is seeking regulatory approval from the Trump administration for a mega-merger of his company and Warner Bros. Discovery.

Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders “overwhelmingly” approved the deal to sell the company to Paramount. But despite that news, a coalition of First Amendment advocates, unions, democracy defenders and Hollywood actors and directors have vowed to continue fighting the merger.

After a joke by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel drew calls from the White House for ABC to fire the comedian, the FCC ordered an early license review of the network’s television stations.

Paramount Skydance’s proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery cleared a major hurdle as Warner stockholders overwhelmingly embraced the $111 billion deal.

Shareholders of Warner Bros. Discovery have approved a $111 billion merger with Paramount Skydance. If the deal is approved by regulators, it will create a media conglomerate unrivaled in U.S. history.