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Evening Wire: Colbert’s Network Feud & A Forbidden Nuclear Test? | 2.18.26

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🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Stephen Colbert accuses Trump of trying to silence him, The State Department says China is conducting a banned nuclear test, and Gina Carano is set to step back into the octagon – or, at least, the hexagon. - - - Ep. 2639 - - - Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3  - - - Today’s Sponsor:  Good Ranchers - Get $25 off your first order and save up to $500 a year when you use code WIRE at https://GoodRanchers.com - - - Privacy Policy: ⁠https://www.dailywire.com/privacy⁠ morning wire,morning wire podcast,the morning wire podcast,Georgia Howe,John Bickley,daily wire podcast,podcast,news podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:32.9

Stephen Colbert accuses Trump of trying to silence him.

0:36.2

The State Department says China is conducting a banned nuclear test, and Gina Carrano is set to step back into the octagon, or at least the hexagon. I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire, executive editor John Bickley. It's Wednesday, February 18th, and this is Evening Wire.

0:53.7

Left Wing talk show host Stephen Colbert blasted Donald Trump and CBS on Monday's

0:58.5

edition of The Late Show. Daily Wire's senior editor, Cabot Phillips, has the details.

1:02.6

This came after the network supposedly barred Colbert from airing an interview with Texas

1:06.7

Democratic Senate candidate James Tallerico, citing FCC guidance from the Trump administration

1:11.8

regarding equal airtime. It's an old FCC rule that applies only to radio and broadcast television,

1:17.4

not cable or streaming, that says if a show has a candidate on during an election, they have to have

1:22.9

all that candidate's opponents on as well. There is an exception to this rule for programming that is considered, quote, bona fide

1:29.8

news, and this was once granted to the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

1:33.4

Colbert explained that FCC chairman Brendan Carr had not actually done away with the exception.

1:38.3

But my network is unilaterally enforcing it as if he had.

1:43.3

CBS responded with a brief press release stating that it only provided, quote, legal guidance

1:47.9

on the FCC rules.

1:49.5

Colbert responded to that claim, saying CBS lawyers told him, quote, in no uncertain terms,

1:54.6

that the interview would not air, and this allegedly contributed to him bypassing the network

1:58.5

and posting the Talariko interview on YouTube,

2:00.9

where it amassed over 5 million views.

2:02.9

As many as nine people are feared dead after a massive avalanche buried a group of skiers in Lake Tahoe yesterday.

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