Late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live has been dropped from air "indefinitely" over comments about the murder of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk.

The show's host, comedian Jimmy Kimmel, suggested during a monologue earlier this week Mr Kirk's alleged killer may have been a pro-Trump Republican.

Suspect Tyler Robinson, 22, has been charged with the aggravated murder of Mr Kirk during a speaking event on a Utah university campus.

Mr Kimmel on Monday night, local time, accused "the MAGA gang" of trying to "score political points" by characterising Mr Robinson as "anything other than them".

"In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving," he said.

His comments sparked outrage from the head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the group responsible for regulatin

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