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FCC's Carr threatens broadcasters who do not 'operate in public interest' will lose licenses

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr warns broadcasters over "fake news" amid Trump’s attacks on media coverage of the US-Iran conflict.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr testifies before a hearing of the US House Energy and Commerce Committee's Communications and Technology Subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 14, 2026.
A displaced Palestinian boy throws a rock at a truck travelling along Salah al-Din road in the central Gaza Strip, near Deir al-Balah, as people they attempt to obtain humanitarian aid on November 9, 2025.

Trump admin. pitches 'Project Sunrise' to turn Gaza into 'futuristic coastal destination' - WSJ

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks to the White House Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible, in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 8, 2025

Trump sues New York Times for defamation and libel, seeks $15 billion

A CCTV footage shows explosion in Doha, Qatar, September 9, 2025 in this screen grab obtained from a social media video.

Israel used fighter jets to strike Qatar from the Red Sea - WSJ


The Wall Street Journal's downfall: If you want the truth about Israel, look elsewhere - opinion

Once considered a pro-Israel breath of fresh air, the Journal’s news coverage of Israel and its current war has become increasingly problematic.

 WSJ Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker reacts to the successful prisoner exchange in Turkey between the United States and Russia, including of jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, at the WSJ offices in New York City, US, on August 1, 2024.

Massive prisoner swap with Russia, including Evan Gershkovich, could be underway

Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal arrested in March 2023 on allegations of espionage, was sentenced earlier this month to 16 years in a maximum security prison.

 Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in the glass defendants' cage in the Yekaterinburg courthouse where his trial began Wed. June 26.

'Sham conviction': Jewish groups, world leaders condemn Russia’s sentencing of Evan Gershkovich

Evan Gershkovich, a 32-year-old Jewish American, was sentenced to 16 imprisonment by a Russian court over espionage charges.

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who faces charges of espionage, stands inside an enclosure for defendants as he attends a court hearing in Yekaterinburg, Russia July 19, 2024.

Russian court hearing of jailed US reporter Gershkovich brought forward to July 18

President Vladimir Putin has said Russia is open to a prisoner exchange involving Gershkovich and that contacts with the United States have taken place but must remain secret.

 Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who stands trial on spying charges, is seen inside an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing in Yekaterinburg, Russia June 26, 2024.

Russia begins espionage trial for Jewish-American WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich

Prosecutors say Evan Gershkovich gathered secret information on the orders of the CIA about a company that manufactures tanks for Russia's war in Ukraine.

 Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who stands trial on spying charges, is seen inside an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing in Yekaterinburg, Russia June 26, 2024.

'Your bias is outrageous': WSJ editorial condemns ICJ ruling against Israel

"The inversion of international law is something to behold: Hamas slaughters Israeli civilians and hides behind its own so that Israel stands accused.”

 WHILE MANY view the ICJ as an independent judicial body, it is inherently political. Its judges are elected by the UN General Assembly and Security Council, bodies notorious for anti-Israel bias, the writer says.

Trump says Putin will release WSJ reporter Gershkovich for him before he 'assumes office'

Trump did not refer to any contacts with Putin or say what grounds he had to believe that the Russian leader would release Gershkovich.

 Former US president Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 6, 2024

IDF missed Sinwar by mere days, national security adviser claims

The IDF has continued to pursue its main yet elusive target, Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, who is reportedly moving through different tunnels to evade the IDF.

 Yahya Sinwar

Israel believes 40 Gaza hostages alive of 133, Daily Mail claims; Shin Bet denies

UK-based Daily Mail claims Israel concerned less than one-third of hostages taken October 7 left alive in Gaza; Shin Bet denies report.

 Families of the hostages held in Gaza call for new elections, March 30, 2024.

Holocaust center director leaves after heckling, lack of support from university

Mary Jane Rein leaves Clark University amidst controversy, citing lack of support. Joins Assumption University to lead civic dialogue center, addressing campus discord.

 Students crossing the lawn in front of the Faye and Joe Wyatt Center for Education on the campus of Peabody College at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., September 18, 2018.