Trump Calls for Revoking ABC and NBC Broadcast Licenses After They Declined to Air His Speech

After CNN, ABC, and NBC declined to carry his July 16, 2026 primetime address live — CNN's Kaitlan Collins cited the president's "well-documented history of saying blatantly false things about elections" — Trump called for revoking ABC's and NBC's broadcast licenses. The threat targets FCC independence and press freedom less than four months before midterms.