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Trump, Melania Blame Kimmel for Dinner Shooting, Target ABC

4/30/2026

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Melania Trump used the White House Correspondents’ dinner shooting to attack Jimmy Kimmel.
The dinner ended early after a gunman fired shots.
Donald Trump and Melania Trump demanded ABC remove Jimmy Kimmel, calling his joke a call to violence.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, a Trump appointee, filed a challenge to ABC’s broadcasting licenses.

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Story summary

U.S. President Donald Trump and Melania Trump used the White House Correspondents’ dinner shooting to attack Jimmy Kimmel.
The dinner ended early after a gunman fired shots.
Donald Trump and Melania Trump demanded ABC remove Jimmy Kimmel, calling his joke a call to violence.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, a Trump appointee, filed a challenge to ABC’s broadcasting licenses.