{
  "id": 1702501,
  "title": "ABC Files First Amendment Lawsuit Against FCC, Claiming Trump Administration “Retaliatory Campaign” Against Its Free Speech",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/abc-files-first-amendment-lawsuit-against-fcc-claiming-trump",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T12:13:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/abc-sues-fcc-first-amendment-lawsuit-1237044059/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "ABC filed an unprecedented lawsuit against the FCC on Tuesday, claiming that its investigations are part of a “retaliatory campaign” to curb the network’s free speech. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., also seeks to halt a proceeding in which the agency and its chairman, Brendan Carr, demanded that it put its […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}