Tamara Sepper

(Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) FCC Chairman Brendan Carr sparked a First Amendment controversy this weekend when he warned that TV broadcasters could lose their licenses over what he called “hoaxes and news distortions” in their coverage of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Carr’s threat, posted on X, came in response to President Trump’s tirade against media outlets and was unusually direct in linking wartime reporting to potential license consequences.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr sparked a First Amendment controversy this weekend when he warned that TV broadcasters could lose their licenses over what he called “hoaxes and news distortions” in their coverage of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Carr’s threat, posted on X, came in response to President Trump’s tirade against media outlets and was unusually direct in linking wartime reporting to potential license consequences.

There are new developments this week in the longstanding tensions between the White House and the Federal Reserve, which have reignited speculation about President Trump potentially firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell before his term ends in May 2026.