Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on March 2, 2026 in Arlington, Va. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

Elon Musk attends the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22. Markus Schreiber/AP hide caption

Network microphones on the desk as President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation from the White House in Washington on April 28, 1942. GRS/AP hide caption

FILE - New York Attorney General Letitia James attends a news conference Dec. 15, 2025, in New York. Yuki Iwamura/AP hide caption

Kari Lake, who led Voice of America's parent agency for the past year, holds up a photo of the international broadcaster's newsroom during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on June 25, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

US soldier Sgt. John Hubbuch of Versailles, Ky., one of the members of NATO led-peacekeeping forces in Bosnia reads Stars and Stripes newspaper on Sunday Feb. 14, 1999. AMEL EMRIC/AP hide caption

Kari Lake, senior adviser for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, departs following a House Committee on House Administration hearing on federal elections on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, in Washington. Tom Brenner/AP hide caption

Paramount CEO David Ellison arrives with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., before President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. Mark Schiefelbein/AP/AP hide caption

Warner Bros. Discovery said Thursday that it prefers the latest offer from rival Hollywood studio Paramount over a bid it accepted from Netflix. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Bloomberg hide caption

The seal of the Federal Communications Commission hangs between two American flags; the FCC is urging broadcasters to air more "patriotic" content in the run-up to the country's 250th celebrations this summer. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption

Sarah Kaplan, a Washington Post journalist, protests outside of the newspaper's headquarters on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. That same day, CEO Will Lewis was photographed at the NFL Honors in San Francisco. Allison Robbert/AP hide caption

The Washington Post has been the leading newspaper in the nation's capital for decades. Now it's making deep cuts to every department in the newsroom. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos and spouse Lauren Sanchez Bezos leave the Aman Hotel on the third day of their wedding festivities in Venice on June 28, 2025. MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption

Journalist Don Lemon interviews Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, at a rally at Columbus Circle near Union Station in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 2, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption

Trump administration official Kari Lake praised the president effusively in a January 2026 appearance on Voice of America's Persian language service. As she oversees the network's parent agency, critics say her comments violated the spirit and perhaps even the letter of federal law that seeks to safeguard Voice of America's editorial independence. Voice of America hide caption

Tucker Carlson attends a meeting with President Donald Trump and oil executives in the East Room of the White House on Jan. 9, 2026. Alex Brandon/AP Photo hide caption

New CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss arrived with a mandate to reshape the network's news coverage. Initial moves involving such mainstay shows as 60 Minutes and the CBS Evening news have sparked dissent inside the newsroom and drawn criticism from journalists outside it. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

Snow falls on an empty parking lot outside a supermarket in December in Northvale, N.J. Social media weather forecasters span a wide range of reliability — from amateurs with no science background to accredited meteorologists. Kena Betancur/Getty Images hide caption

A person walks into the One Franklin Square Building, home of The Washington Post newspaper, June 21, 2024, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption

Netflix is in a tug-of-war with Paramount over the future of Warner Bros. The results are likely to reverberate across the worlds of media and entertainment. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption