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February 19, 2025, Opinion: "In the first hours of his presidency, Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14149, “Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship.” The Order prohibits any “federal department, agency, entity, officer, employee, or agent” from acting “in a manner that advanced the Government’s preferred narrative about significant matters of public debate.” Two days later, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reopened a previously dismissed proceeding, the effect of which was to advance a Trump campaign “preferred narrative” about the CBS television network. The action not only inserted the agency into matters of freedom of speech but also the personal lawsuit brought by private citizen Trump against CBS."