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Trump Threatens ABC Over Kimmel’s Return to Late-Night TV

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

44K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for Sept. 24. In a punchy, and at times, emotional monologue, Kimmel took jabs at members of the Trump administration, including the president himself. Plus, a Democrat wins Arizona’s special election, narrowing the GOP’s House majority even further. And, WSJ climate reporter Ed Ballard explains how China is pulling ahead of America in the clean-energy race. Caitlin McCabe hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:06.0

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0:11.0

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0:19.0

Jimmy Kimmel makes his TV comeback with a punchy and at times emotional speech.

0:24.6

Plus, how a Democratic victory in an Arizona special election will slim Republicans' majority in the House.

0:32.0

And we explore how China is pulling ahead of America in the clean energy race.

0:36.9

There's a range of different reasons to do with the president's own views that oil and gas,

0:44.1

which the U.S. has in abundance, should be a key tool for promoting U.S. interests around the world.

0:49.4

And that means this sort of drill, baby drill agenda.

0:52.1

It's Wednesday, September 24th.

0:54.3

I'm Caitlin McCabe for the Wall Street Journal,

0:56.1

and here's the AM edition of What's News,

0:58.6

the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

1:05.3

Late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel made his on-air return last night,

1:09.6

following a four-day suspension by ABC and Disney

1:12.5

over comments he made about slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk. In a roughly 17-minute

1:18.4

monologue, Kimmel took jabs at members of the Trump administration, including the president

1:23.1

himself and Brendan Carr, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, whose comments

1:28.1

on a podcast last week kicked off a chain of events that led to Kimmel's suspension.

1:33.2

In one of the more powerful moments of his speech, Kimmel became emotional when speaking

1:37.3

about Charlie Kirk.

1:38.8

I do want to make something clear because it's important to me as a human, and that is,

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