To congressional Democrats, the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel ranks alongside DOGE, El Salvador, the Epstein documents and Signalgate as one of the watershed fights of the second Trump administration.

Why it matters: It's not about one late night host, lawmakers say, but the apparent government pressure that was brought to bear in pushing for his ouster over his comments after the assassination of Charlie Kirk. • "No president and no political party should weaponize the power of our federal government to punish those who disagree with them," Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) said in a statement. • "Silencing critics through government power is the playbook of authoritarian regimes. We're fighting this."

Driving the news: Ansari is introducing a resolution, first obtained by Axios, denounci

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