WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has used lawsuits and government pressure as he seeks to remake the American media landscape — an industry that scrutinized him for years.

He's extracted multimillion-dollar settlements, forced companies into costly litigation and prompted changes to programming that he found objectionable.

Now, Trump is escalating his campaign, invigorated by successful efforts to push ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air for his commentary on conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination at a university in Utah.

Speaking to reporters Thursday, the Republican president said federal regulators should consider revoking broadcast licenses for networks that "give me only bad publicity."

"All they do is hit Trump," he said. "They're licensed! They're not all

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