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The 7

Trump’s TV threat; vaccine delay recommendation; wildfire smoke; Wegovy pills; and more

The 7

The Washington Post

News, Daily News

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Friday, September 19. The seven stories you need to know today.


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0:00.0

President Donald Trump suggested that TV networks that criticize him should be punished.

0:09.9

That's where we're starting The Seven from the Washington Post.

0:13.2

I'm Hannah Jewell.

0:14.4

It's Friday, September 19th.

0:16.7

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

0:21.7

President Trump flew home yesterday from a state visit to the UK.

0:26.7

He spoke to reporters on Air Force One, who questioned him about ABC's move this week to take Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show off the air.

0:37.0

That decision followed a conservative backlash to Kimmel's late-night show off the air. That decision followed a conservative backlash to

0:40.0

Kimmel's comments about the suspect who killed Charlie Kirk. And it came a few hours after Trump's

0:46.5

FCC chairman Brendan Carr implied his agency could retaliate against stations that aired Kimmel's show.

0:54.7

Here's what Trump had to say about it after complaining that networks were too critical of him.

1:00.2

They give me only bad for listening, press.

1:04.1

I mean, they're getting a license.

1:06.4

I would think maybe their license should be taken away.

1:10.2

It will be up to Brendan Carr.

1:12.5

The FCC actually regulates TV station licenses and not networks directly.

1:18.4

The news of Kimmel's indefinite suspension has spurred accusations that ABC buckled to a censorship campaign targeting one of Trump's vocal critics.

1:29.0

The fallout has reverberated across the entertainment industry.

1:33.3

Late night hosts responded to the news on their own programs.

1:37.1

That includes Stephen Colbert, whose own show was canceled by CBS in July and will end next year.

1:44.1

And it always starts small.

1:45.5

You know, remember like in week one

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