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Show host Jimmy Kimmel delivers his opening monologue at the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 10, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

Jimmy Kimmel defends free speech as he returns to late-night television from suspension

Jimmy Kimmel returned to U.S. late-night television, six days after his on-air remarks about the murder of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk led Disney to suspend his show.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 22: Jimmy Kimmel performs onstage as Keep Memory Alive hosts star-studded lineup at annual "Power Of Love" gala at MGM Grand Garden Arena on February 22, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for Keep Memory Alive)

Jimmy Kimmel’s emotional return to TV: I didn’t mean to ‘make light of the murder of a young man’

Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel received standing ovations and chants of “Jimmy, Jimmy,” upon his return to the studio.

Jimmy Kimmel attends the 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 07, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Jimmy Kimmel’s return monologue racks up 17 million views on social media

Jimmy Kimmel’s first monologue since returning to U.S. late-night television has been seen more than 14 million times on YouTube and Instagram.

Chairman Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) delivers an opening statement as President and CEO of Boeing Kelly Ortberg prepares to testify before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee held the hearing to discuss safety measures Boeing has taken following an incident last year where the door plug of a Boeing 737 MAX 9 detached mid-air. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) / CNN broadcast journalist Kaitlan Collins speaks during a live shot before US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba hold a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Ted Cruz to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins: It’s ‘objectively false’ that ‘we don’t have a motive’ for Charlie Kirk’s assassination

Senator Ted Cruz decried CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins’ claim that authorities “don’t have a motive yet” for the assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder and CEO Charlie Kirk.

Conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point Action, speaks during a meeting on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson on October 17, 2024. Charlie Kirk's Turning Point Action, a conservative campaign group, is working extra hard to get Republican Donald Trump elected, and has hired thousands of canvassers to get out the vote. (Photo by Olivier Touron / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER TOURON/AFP via Getty Images) / U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media while signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on September 05, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump signed executive orders which included the renaming of the Department of Defense to the Department of War. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) / Former U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the National Bar Association's annual convention on July 31, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. The National Bar Association is the nation's oldest and largest network of predominately black legal professionals. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) / California Gov. Gavin Newsom looks on during a news conference with Texas lawmakers at the Governor’s Mansion on July 25, 2025 in Sacramento, California. California Gov. Gavin Newsom met with Texas lawmakers to push back on Texas's redistricting maneuver that aims to tilt the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections and on how California plans to respond. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The public uproar over the assassination of conservative powerhouse Charlie Kirk

The fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University (UVU) has sparked widespread shock and outrage.

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 15: U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) speaks to members of the press at the U.S. Capitol on November 15, 2023 in Washington, DC. The Senate is expected to vote soon on a continuing resolution that will avoid a government shutdown after midnight on this Friday. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Fetterman admits Trump’s tariffs are ‘Going well’ despite prior criticism

Pennsylvania Democrat Senator John Fetterman recently admitted that his party was wrong about President Donald Trump’s trade policy while acknowledging that the tariffs are “going well.”