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<p class="card-text line-clamp-3">The Federal Communications Commission has ordered Disney's ABC to seek early broadcast license renewals for the eight TV stations it owns amid backlash over Jimmy Kimmel's joke about Melania Trump.</p>
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</div><p></p><p>FCC orders early license renewal for ABC stations following Kimmel's first lady joke</p><p>The move follows criticism from first lady Melania Trump who objected to a joke about her made by late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel. President Trump followed up with a social media post calling for Kimmel to be fired.</p><p>the trumps have no sense of humor. the u.s. continues on the path toward full dictatorship.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/trump" rel="tag">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/resist" rel="tag">#<span>resist</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/fcc" rel="tag">#<span>fcc</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/kimmel" rel="tag">#<span>kimmel</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/joke" rel="tag">#<span>joke</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/9f3267c9-2453-450a-9a1d-d92afe43adcc/https-www.npr.org-2026-04-28-nx-s1-5802997-fcc-abc-license-renewal-melania-trump-jimmy-kimmel</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:37:33 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/9f3267c9-2453-450a-9a1d-d92afe43adcc.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:11:05 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl></channel></rss>