US regulator to review Disney broadcast licences after Jimmy Kimmel joke about Melania Trump

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The US Federal Communications Commission is initiating an early review of Disney's broadcast licenses for its ABC stations. This action follows a joke by Jimmy Kimmel about Melania Trump and President Trump's subsequent call for Kimmel's firing.

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The move comes as the White House pressures Disney-owned ABC to fire Kimmel after he called Melania an "expectant widow".

US regulator to review Disney broadcast licences after Jimmy Kimmel joke about Melania Trump

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