Aug 6, 2026
The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday along party lines to scrap the longstanding cap limiting how many U.S. television households a single broadcaster can reach, a move that benefits media conglomerates and Trump-aligned broadcasters but faces questions about congressional authority.
Healthcare professionals are raising concerns about the rapid growth of stem cell injections and orthobiologic treatments like platelet-rich plasma for conditions such as knee osteoarthritis, citing inconsistent results and insufficient scientific evidence despite increasing patient demand.
Pakistan's government has issued new guidelines requiring foreign journalists to obtain approval before traveling outside major cities and extending controls to local staff working for international outlets. The measures, formalized as the Foreign Media Facilitation Guidelines 2026, have drawn widespread criticism from press freedom groups and media organizations amid ongoing protests in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
ABC filed a formal complaint accusing the Trump administration's FCC of unfairly targeting ABC and ABC-owned stations in retaliation for news coverage, calling it attempted censorship meant to intimidate the entire media industry.
President Donald Trump threatened to revoke the broadcast licenses of ABC and NBC after the networks chose not to air his prime-time address on election security on July 16. During the speech, which was carried by some but not all major networks, Trump accused the networks that declined coverage of engaging in a "plot" and covering up election fraud.
Disney-owned ABC is urging the Federal Communications Commission to reject a proposal that would subject its daytime talk show 'The View' to federal equal time rules for political candidates, arguing the move represents an attempt to interfere with editorial independence and violates First Amendment protections while ignoring conservative talk radio programs.
For the first time in Israel's history, the government has openly declared it will not comply with a High Court of Justice ruling regarding the commercial broadcast regulator, which the court ordered to continue functioning despite resignations linked to political pressure from the communications minister. The unprecedented defiance sets up a constitutional crisis between the executive and judicial branches.
The FDA has greenlit a first-of-its-kind gene therapy to treat a rare form of hereditary hearing loss, marking a breakthrough that could pave the way for other hearing impairment treatments. Follow-up research confirms the therapy yields lasting hearing gains for patients with inherited deafness.