Shortly after the progressive candidate appeared on The View earlier this month, FCC Chair Brendan Carr confirmed that he's opening an investigation into the ABC show, telling Laura Ingraham, the days that these legacy media broadcasters get to decide what we can say, what we can think, who we can vote for are over. ABC hasn't publicly commented on the action.
It's true that Cooper has a ton of other jobs to keep him busy, most notably hosting a weeknight show on CNN. And, in his statement about leaving the news magazine show, Cooper said he wanted to spend more time with his family. (Don't people always say that?) But Status' Oliver Darcy also reported that "Cooper had grown increasingly uneasy with the rightward direction the network has charted under" CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and David Ellison's ownership of CBS' parent company, Paramount.
The Rapid Broadband Assessment Team (RBAT) used its Accelerated Docket Process to resolve a dispute in Virginia that had slowed down and would have added costs to Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) projects in the state. RBAT is composed of staffers from the Enforcement and Wireline Competition bureaus. They oversaw the development of a case record that presented both sides' legal arguments. The process led to the issuance of an order within 60 days.
Today, we build on that foundation and offer more flexibility to support future innovations in the six gigahertz band, everything from compelling AR VR applications to short range, hot spots and much more, our consumers, our economy and our innovators will all be better off for today's decision,
It also noted that a further review by an Executive Branch interagency body with appropriate national security expertise that was convened by the White House led to a "specific determination" that UAS and UAS critical component parts produced in foreign countries pose "unacceptable risks to the national security of the United States and to the safety and security of U.S. persons."
An independent U.S. government agency overseen by Congress, the Commission is the federal agency responsible for implementing and enforcing America's communications law and regulations.
Unlocking a phone allows it to be used with another carrier. Verizon, unlike other carriers, is required by the Federal Communications Commission to unlock phones shortly after they are activated on its network. Verizon gained significant benefits in exchange for agreeing to the unlocking requirement, first in 2008 when it purchased licenses to use 700 MHz spectrum that came with open access requirements and then in 2021 when it agreed to merger conditions to obtain approval for its purchase of TracFone.
The news distortion policy is no longer justifiable under today's First Amendment doctrine and no longer necessary in today's media environment... The Commission should repeal the policy in full and recognize that it may not investigate or penalize broadcasters for 'distorting,' 'slanting,' or 'staging' the news, unless the broadcast at issue independently meets the high standard for broadcasting a dangerous hoax under 47 C.F.R. § 73.1217,
The FCC has voted that it can now retroactively add devices and components to its list of prohibited equipment that pose "an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States." Currently, that list includes just under a dozen companies like Huawei, ZTE, AO Kaspersky Lab, and Pacific Networks Corp.
Senate Democrats are urging the Federal Communications Commission to enforce a rule that would lower the price of prison phone and video calls. In a letter led by Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), several Democrats, including Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), among others, criticize FCC Chair Brendan Carr's efforts to "effectively gut" a final rule to implement a cap on exorbitant fees.
When Rosenworcel proposed a federal opt-out rule last year, the FCC said it would "increase competition for communications service in these buildings by making it more profitable for competitive providers to deploy service in buildings where it is currently too expensive to serve consumers because tenants are required to take a certain provider's service." But the proposal was nixed in January 2025 by Chairman Brendan Carr, shortly after President Trump elevated Carr to the FCC's top slot.
Senate Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz (R-TX) was one of a handful of Republicans to speak out against the "mafioso"-like comments Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr issued ahead of Jimmy Kimmel's suspension last month. Now, he's hoping the liberal outrage over government censorship will fuel bipartisan support for a new bill letting Americans sue over speech violations. Cruz plans to introduce the bill in the coming weeks, he told The Wall Street Journal in an interview.
The FCC said it will seek comment on how wireline infrastructure deployment can be accelerated by using Section 253 of the Communications Act. The Act, according to the FCC, 'precludes state and local governments from imposing requirements that prohibit or effectively prohibit the provision of telecommunications service.' Currently, the FCC says that providers must obtain authorization from state and local governments to deploy facilities and provide service.
The ruling said that using E-Rate for such funding "both exceeds the FCC's statutory authority and does not promote sound policy choices." The dismantling of the school bus Wi-Fi program began in early September, when FCC Chairman Brendan Carr introduced the declarative ruling. At the time, he said that the program had a record of "poor stewardship of scarce funds, and invited waste, fraud, and abuse."
