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Here's your morning brief for Thursday, September 18th. I'm Kate Bollivant for the Wall Street Journal.

Disney has pulled popular late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off ABC indefinitely, following remarks he made

about the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The decision came just hours after

chair of the Federal Communications

Commission, Brendan Carr, suggested the agency could take action against the broadcast

licenses of ABC-owned stations. Senior leadership, including Disney CEO Bob Iger, were reportedly

among those who decided to pull Kimmel immediately. Kimmel's spokesman said

the host had no comment. We're exclusively reporting that some military lawyers and other

defence department officials are raising concerns about the legal implications of Trump's

growing military campaign against Latin American-based drug cartels.

Twice this month, the US has attacked boats it believed were transporting illegal drugs.

Officials have raised concerns about the justification for the strikes

and the legal implications for military personnel who have been involved.

But people familiar with the matter said those opinions were

deliberately ignored or sidelined by Pentagon leaders. A spokesman for the Pentagon denied

that any Pentagon lawyers have raised concerns and said the administration's current operations

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