52 m. ago Trump claims Jimmy Kimmel suspension not a free speech issue as Democrats call for FCC chair to quit over ‘abuse of power’ – live

US president says comedian ‘fired for lack of talent’; Democratic House leadership say Trump’s media official Brendan Carr should resign Full report: Jimmy Kimmel Live! suspended over Charlie Kirk comments after US government pressure‘Censoring you in real time’: Kimmel suspension sparks shock and fears for free speechIn reaction to the news that Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show has been indefinitely suspended, the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) said that “Trump’s FCC identified speech it did not like and threatened ABC with extreme reprisals. This is state censorship.”On X, the president of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, Tino Gagliardi, issued a statement in response to ABC taking Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which employs musicians from the American Federation of Musicians Local 47 in Los Angeles, off the air. In it he said:This is not complicated: Trump’s FCC identified speech it did not like and theatened ABC with extreme reprisals. This is st...

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64 m. ago Jimmy Kimmel suspension: Obama and Hollywood warn of ‘attack on free speech’ as Trump praises news

Kimmel was taken off air following his comments about the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk

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71 m. ago Trump calls Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension over his Charlie Kirk comments ‘great news’: Live updates

Kimmel said Monday conservatives were trying to ‘score political points’ from the fatal shooting of Kirk

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75 m. ago Reactions pour in about ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's show

ABC’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s show following comments he made about the killing of Charlie Kirk has set off a flood of reactions

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1 hour ago Top Democrats call for FCC chair to resign, claiming Jimmy Kimmel suspension is ‘corrupt abuse of power’ – US politics live

Democratic House leadership say Trump’s media official Brendan Carr should go, adding that cancellation of show is ‘an act of cowardice’Full report: Jimmy Kimmel Live! suspended over Charlie Kirk comments after US government pressure‘Censoring you in real time’: Kimmel suspension sparks shock and fears for free speechIn reaction to the news that Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show has been indefinitely suspended, the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) said that “Trump’s FCC identified speech it did not like and threatened ABC with extreme reprisals. This is state censorship.”On X, the president of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, Tino Gagliardi, issued a statement in response to ABC taking Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which employs musicians from the American Federation of Musicians Local 47 in Los Angeles, off the air. In it he said:This is not complicated: Trump’s FCC identified speech it did not like and theatened ABC with extreme reprisals. This is sta...

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5 h. ago Hollywood stars rally behind Jimmy Kimmel after ABC suspends show over Charlie Kirk shooting remarks

Ben Stiller, Wanda Sykes and Jamie Lee Curtis were among those condemning ABC’s decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel Live! after the host criticised right-wing reactions to Charlie Kirk’s death

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5 h. ago Jimmy Kimmel Live! suspended over Charlie Kirk comments after US government pressure

Removal of late-night show criticised as part of Trump administration’s attack on critical voices in media, academia and businessWhat did Jimmy Kimmel say about Charlie Kirk?‘Censoring you in real time’: suspension of Jimmy Kimmel show sparks shock and fears for free speechJimmy Kimmel’s late-night show has been suspended “indefinitely” after the US government put pressure on broadcasters to crack down on the comedian, who had accused Donald Trump’s political movement of exploiting the killing of Charlie Kirk.ABC, which Disney owns, announced on Wednesday night that it would remove Kimmel’s show from its schedule for the foreseeable future. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Trump hails Jimmy Kimmel suspension as Hollywood warns of ‘attack on free speech’

Kimmel was taken off air reportedly due to his comments about the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk

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7 h. ago Listen to what Jimmy Kimmel said about Charlie Kirk on live TV before show suspension

Jimmy Kimmel Live! has been suspended "indefinitely" after the host made comments about the shooting of Charlie Kirk.

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11 h. ago Hollywood stars unleash their fury on ABC over Jimmy Kimmel suspension

Hollywood celebrities have defended Jimmy Kimmel for being 'indefinitely' taken off the air following his comments over conservative political influencer Charlie Kirk.

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13 h. ago Trump celebrates Jimmy Kimmel suspension; some networks replace show with Charlie Kirk tribute – live

ABC says show will be off-air ‘indefinitely’ following complaints about host’s comments on the killing of rightwing activist KirkDonald Trump has claimed his administration has reached a deal with China to keep TikTok operating in the US, amid uncertainty over what shape the final agreement will take, with suggestions from the Chinese side that Beijing would retain control of the algorithm that powers the site’s video feed.“We have a deal on TikTok ... We have a group of very big companies that want to buy it,” Trump said on Tuesday, without providing further details. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Woke Hollywood stars unleash their fury on ABC over Jimmy Kimmel suspension

Hollywood celebrities have defended Jimmy Kimmel for being 'indefinitely' taken off the air following his comments over conservative political influencer Charlie Kirk.

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14 h. ago Breathless CNN host claims America is a 'less free place' after Jimmy Kimmel's show is pulled off the air

CNN commentator Brian Stelter claimed on Wednesday that the United States is a 'less free place' after ABC decided to pull Jimmy Kimmel's show off the air 'indefinitely.'

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14 h. ago Donald Trump warns Seth Meyers is 'next' while celebrating Jimmy Kimmel's 'cancelation' as 'great news for America'

Donald Trump hailed the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! as 'great news for America; and urged NBC to fire Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers next.

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49 h. ago Kim Cattrall, 69, makes rare public appearance with boyfriend Russell Thomas, 54, at Jimmy Choo event after stoking Sarah Jessica Parker feud by weighing in on claims she 'carried' Sex and the City

The actress, 68, exuded elegance in shimmering black dress that clung to her enviable curves and featured ruched detailing to cinch her in at her svelte waist.

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3 d. ago Democrats are facing a gerrymandering armageddon. It was avoidable | David Daley

A handful of party figures warned about the power of redistricting. Too many leaders ignored themThere are many reasons why Democrats find themselves on the wrong end of a gerrymandering armageddon.There’s John Roberts and the US supreme court, who pretended partisan gerrymandering is just politics as usual, left voters naked to extreme power grabs, and failed the nation when voters most needed the courts’ protection.David Daley is the author of Antidemocratic: Inside the Right’s 50-Year Plot to Control American Elections as well as Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn’t Count Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Macron played with fire by razing the political middle ground. Now France is burning | Jules Darmanin

He promised to break the mould, but with his hubristic disdain for left and right – and for voters – the president has entrenched instabilityIn his 2016 manifesto Revolution, the then-presidential candidate, Emmanuel Macron, accused France’s “fossilised political apparatus” of dangerously paving the way for Marine Le Pen’s rise to power. “The political class and the media are a band of sleepwalkers who refuse to see what is coming their way,” he wrote, “so we see the same faces and we hear the same speeches.” He pledged to throw away the old playbook and gather behind him “progressive reformers who believe that the destiny of France is to embrace modernity.”The fresh face of pro-EU liberalism swept to power the following year on a promise of radical change to bring France into the 21st century.Jules Darmanin is a French journalist Continue reading...

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1 week ago France’s political crisis reveals deep rift between the people and their politicians

The likely fall of prime minister François Bayrou exposes a political malaise that is likely to sour French politics well beyond the 2027 presidential election as the far right exploits the momentAs the French government faces likely collapse in a confidence vote on Monday, plunging the eurozone’s second biggest economy and key diplomatic power into a domestic political crisis, Jonathan Denis, a 42-year-old a bank manager and health rights campaigner, was concerned about the terrible impact it will have on France’s dying and terminally ill.The centrist president Emmanuel Macron had promised assisted dying and improved palliative care would be the biggest social reform of his second term but the bill, which had been scheduled to go before the senate next month, now risks being delayed once more by the unpredictable revolving door of four prime ministers in just over three years. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago While Starmer struggles with a broken system in Westminster, real power keeps leaking elsewhere | Rafael Behr

Far from No 10, Nigel Farage has been amassing power in the sprawling, networked space where 21st-century politics happensSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreWith a buzz of activity in parliament and mandatory back-to-school metaphors, a new political season opens in Westminster, but is that where politics really happens? Yes, in terms of people making policy and law in buildings that are world-famous for that purpose, the SW1 postcode is where it is at.But the heart of the machine beats with a weak pulse. The UK state is heavily centralised by the standards of most democracies, yet the people at the centre don’t feel powerful. Ministers can’t enforce bin collections in remote areas or call a halt to Middle East wars but they are made to feel answerable for all that is ill in the world, from hyperlocal to geopolitical.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist ...

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2 w. ago Heritage chief quits as power struggle grips 'turbulent' Historic Environment Scotland

EXCLUSIVE: A power struggle is engulfing the top of Historic Environment Scotland after its chairman quit while its chief executive remains on sick leave.

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