Jimmy Kimmel show taken off air ‘indefinitely’ over Charlie Kirk comments: Live

An Illinois TV anchor resigned from her local ABC-affiliated station after she says she was suspended over an emotional “non-partisan tribute” to her first boss, Charlie Kirk.

Beni Rae Harmony announced she was leaving WICS-ABC20 Springfield, claiming to have been “targeted” for her teary-eyed on-air tribute to Kirk, 31, after he was shot and killed at Utah Valley University Wednesday. She made the announcement as suspect Tyler Robinson is due to appear in Utah court on Tuesday for murder charged in connection to the assassination.

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Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he plans to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization and vowed to investigate its funding sources.

“I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices,” Trump wrote.

ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel indefinitely after he said the “MAGA Gang” was trying to score “political points” from Charlie Kirk’s murder and mocked President Trump’s response, calling it “how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish”.

Kimmel said in his Monday night monologue: “The MAGA Gang are desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”

Poking fun at Trump, he said: “This is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he calls a friend. This is how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish.”

Soon after ABC announced Kimmel had been suspended, Trump took to social media to say: “Great news for America.“The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED. Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done.”

He also criticised two other late-night hosts, Jimmy Fallon and Seth Myers, describing them as “two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible”.

The 22-year-old man suspected in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk confessed to friends in a group chat that he had killed the prominent right-wing activist hours before authorities said he was taken into custody, according to a report.

“Hey guys, I have bad news for you all. It was me at UVU yesterday. im sorry for all of this,” read a message from the man identified as the suspected shooter, Tyler Robinson, on the online platform Discord, two people familiar with the chat told The Washington Post.

The message was sent from Robinson’s account to a group of online friends on Thursday night, about two hours before he was taken into custody, according to the report.

CNN contributor Kara Swisher pointed out how Nexstar Media Group is trying to buy broadcast company Tegna amid the drama that unfolded after ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel made comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Following Kimmel’s comments, Nexstar announced it would no longer air his show on its ABC-affiliated stations “for the foreseeable future.”

ABC then announced it would suspend the comedian’s late night show “indefinitely.”

“Nexstar is trying to do a very large merger with Tegna, and so they will do whatever it takes,” Swisher told CNN’s Anderson Cooper Wednesday.

Cooper chimed in: “That’s an important point, because that merger would require the approval of the FCC.”

Earlier Wednesday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr threatened to take action against Disney, the parent company of ABC.

Carr said on MAGA commentator Benny Johnson’s podcast, “This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do this the easy way or the hard way.

“These companies can find ways to take action on Kimmel or there is going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”

Charlie Kirk’s funeral will be held over the weekend. Here are some details on the service:

Protesters against President Donald Trump were seen outside the Los Angeles studio where Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show is recorded. Here are some photos:

The right-wing Georgia Congresswoman said that Republicans now “couldn’t be further apart from the left,” in the aftermath of the fatal incident last week, which Greene claims was celebrated by “millions.”

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Sinclair Broadcast Group has said the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show is “not enough,” and called for ABC and the Federal Communications Commission to “take additional action.”