ABC says FCC seeks to intimidate network over news coverage

ABC said the FCC's early, years-ahead-of-schedule review of the broadcast licenses for its eight Disney-owned stations, ordered by Chair Brendan Carr and tied to a probe into Disney's diversity policies, is "a signal to every media company in the country" to accommodate the administration's preferred coverage or pay the price; the FCC is separately investigating whether "The View" violates equal-time rules for political candidates.

 Posted on Jul 30, 2026  |  Reuters

ICE detains Army veteran's wife at green card interview

ICE detained Airida Gould, a Lithuanian national who came to the U.S. in 2000 and is married to Army veteran Mark Gould, when she appeared for a green card interview in the Chicago area in May, citing a 17-year-old removal order tied to a missed hearing. Gould, a licensed massage therapist who had just marked her 20th year at the same business, was held at an out-of-state detention facility more than 300 miles from her husband and their two sons; as of the article's July 21 publication, her husband said she was being deported that night.

 Posted on Jul 21, 2026  |  Newsweek