Amy Held

In a move critics called censorship, Nexstar ordered its ABC stations in September to suspend late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.

Nunley has ordered Nexstar and Tegna to appear at an April 7th hearing to determine next steps.

A group of eight Democratic-led states are also suing.

Amy Held, NPR News.

President Trump ordered TSA workers be fully compensated without specifying where the funds will come from, possibly in violation of the Constitution, which says Congress decides spending.

They're on vacation till mid-April.

Experts say it may be too little too late anyway.

TSA workers have no guarantee about their next paycheck.

Hundreds have already quit.

The national absentee rate is about 12 percent, as high as 40 in some airports, amounting to travel nightmares.

Melissa Gates was trying to reach Baton Rouge from Houston and realized, belatedly, she should have just driven.

Also unaddressed in Trump's memo, tens of thousands of other DHS workers from FEMA and the Coast Guard.

They still won't get paid.

Amy Held, NPR News.

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District Judge Troy Nunley ordered Nexstar to temporarily keep Tegna's assets separate pending a review of antitrust laws.

If the merger goes through, Nexstar will operate hundreds of stations reaching 80% of U.S.

households.

Congress had passed a law limiting owners to less than half of that, but the FCC granted a waiver and last week approved the merger.

Earlier, President Trump had endorsed it, posting on social media the deal would, quote, help knock out the fake news.