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It was clear Donald Trump and his allies would ramp up their crackdown against any and all opposition in the wake of the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk — and this week, the president’s second administration unleashed its most authoritarian blitz yet. The Trump administration got late-night host Jimmy …

It’s been nine days since Charlie Kirk‘s assassination, and the senseless tragedy continues to reverberate throughout the culture. Jimmy Kimmel’s ABC show has been indefinitely suspended over statements he made early in the week about the gunman’s supposed political leanings, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution creating a “National Day …

Charlie Kirk’s assassination during an event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10 set off a chain of events that has rocked the nation’s political and cultural landscape. President Donald Trump blamed Kirk’s death on “the radical left”; conservative activists warned of “civil war”; journalists, publicists, and college faculty have …

Sinclair will replace the Jimmy Kimmel Live! time slot on Friday with a tribute special to Charlie Kirk. The company has also demanded that Kimmel apologize to Kirk’s family, and donate to them and Turning Point USA, which was co-founded by Kirk. The announcement was made shortly after ABC said …

Dozens of Americans across a variety of professional fields have been fired or put on leave from their jobs after conservatives contacted their employers over social media comments they made about right-wing activist Charlie Kirk last week, following his assassination. Others have been punished for small acts of defiance — …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. If you flip on late-night TV these days, you’re not going to find much. Sure, there’s the local news and the occasional sports rerun, but as of May …

Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show was suspended by ABC on Wednesday following a brief pressure campaign from the Trump administration as well as conservatives in the media, who successfully twisted Kimmel’s words following last week’s assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. During Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday, the comedian criticized conservatives …

A new episode of South Park will not air as planned tonight, Sept. 17, with creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone admitting they did not get the episode “done in time.” In a statement shared with Rolling Stone, Parker and Stone said, “Apparently when you do everything at the last …

Jimmy Kimmel is the latest late-night host to be pulled from a major network after the comedian made remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, amid pressure from Donald Trump’s administration. “Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be preempted indefinitely,” an ABC spokesperson told Rolling Stone today. The spokesperson did …

Jamie Lee Curtis got emotional on Marc Maron‘s WTF podcast as she reflected on the death of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. “I’m going to bring something up with you just because it’s front of mind,” Curtis told Maron on an episode that dropped Monday. “Charlie Crist was killed two days …