ABC has filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the U.S. broadcast regulator, arguing that the agency is burdening speakers hostile to President Trump with regulatory scrutiny. The licenses of eight ABC-owned television stations are at risk amid extensive DEI evaluations, renewal reviews conducted years ahead of schedule and presidential criticism labeling some media outlets as "fake news" and "media offenders." President Trump has also criticized the host of "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and the women on daytime program "The View" as biased against him and aligned with Democrats, raising the question of whether ABC should retain the broadcast licenses the FCC issues in the "public interest."