Writing on X on Sunday, Anna Gomez, a Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission, said the FCC "has no authority to punish journalists this administration doesn’t like."
Trump’s threat comes after host described success record of candidates whom president had endorsed as ‘mixed’ Donald Trump on Sunday said NBC ’s Kristen Welker – host of Meet the Press – should face “rebuke or punishment” from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Preceding Trump’s comments was a live shot by Welker in which she described the success record of political candidates whom president had endorse…
Trump’s threat comes after host described success record of candidates whom president had endorsed as ‘mixed’ Donald Trump on Sunday said NBC ’s Kristen Welker – host of Meet the Press – should face “rebuke or punishment” from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Preceding Trump’s comments was a live shot by Welker in which she described the success record of political candidates whom president had endorse…
NYTimes – US Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike, convicted of a 1995 murder, made her first public statement since surviving a botched lethal injection in September. She said she remains in constant physical and mental pain and woke up confused and hurt. Her lawyers are seeking to have her death sentence reduced to life, and Tennessee's governor has ordered an investigation.
BBC News – World Residents have begun leaving the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky through an evacuation corridor opened during a temporary local ceasefire. Senior Ukrainian official David Arakhamia said evacuees left for Russia's Anapa city with a Ukrainian delegation and are expected to fly to Belarus before returning to Ukraine by bus. The White House said US first lady Melania Trump helped negotiate the ceasefire and coordinate the humanitarian mission. Several hundred people are understood to have decided to stay in the devastated frontline town, which lacks gas, electricity and running water.
NYTimes – World Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta announced it is closing, citing pressure from Russian authorities. The outlet, whose co-founder Dmitry Muratov received the Nobel Peace Prize, said the government had orchestrated its demise. Reports noted recent searches of a senior editor's home and the detention of one of its journalists. Novaya Gazeta has been openly critical of Russia's war in Ukraine and was classed as a 'foreign agent' by Moscow.
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