Kimmel makes joke about Melania Trump becoming an expectant widow

Jimmy Kimmel, host of ABC''s late-night program Jimmy Kimmel Live, makes a joke suggesting that Melania Trump might become "an expectant widow" amid speculation about U.S.-Iran tensions and the president''s safety. The remark prompts immediate reaction from the White House. Trump allies condemn the joke as crossing a line. The comment triggers the sequence of events that leads FCC Chair Brendan Carr to order an expedited license review for eight ABC television stations within days. The incident becomes the trigger event for the most aggressive FCC regulatory action against a specific broadcast network since the Nixon era.