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2 weeks ago | 
broadbandbreakfast.com | Jericho Casper
WASHINGTON, May 23, 2025 – In a move likely to reverberate through independent federal agencies, the Supreme Court on Thursday gave President Donald Trump the green light to remove two regulatory officials without cause – a decision that could doom a parallel legal challenge filed by a pair of recently ousted Democratic Federal Trade Commission commissioners.
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2 weeks ago | 
broadbandbreakfast.com | Jericho Casper
WASHINGTON, May 23, 2025 – The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday unanimously adopted a final order banning foreign-linked “bad labs” from certifying wireless equipment for the U.S. market.
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2 weeks ago | 
broadbandbreakfast.com | Jericho Casper
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2025 – Federal regulators are weighing whether content moderation practices of social media companies may violate competition or consumer protection laws. But First Amendment lawyers and civil society advocates warn that the Federal Trade Commission was walking into constitutionally dangerous territory.
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2 weeks ago | 
broadbandbreakfast.com | Jericho Casper
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2025 – FCC Chairman Brendan Carr faced bipartisan scrutiny Tuesday over his widely touted $567 million in agency “savings,” as lawmakers said only $27.8 million would be realized over the next two years. During an oversight hearing before the House Appropriations Committee, Chairman Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, and Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-N.Y,pressed Carr on the substance behind the savings claim.
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3 weeks ago | 
broadbandbreakfast.com | Jericho Casper
WASHINGTON, May 16, 2025 – Texas has formally opened the door to more than $3.8 billion in broadband infrastructure funding, launching its application window Thursday under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program and the Texas Match Assistance Program.
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3 weeks ago | 
broadbandbreakfast.com | Jericho Casper
WASHINGTON, May 16, 2025 – Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced Friday that the Trump administration will revisit and relaunch the Tech Hubs Program, delaying previously announced awards and planning a new round of selections for early 2026. The decision unwinds decisions by the prior administration, which named six Tech Hubs in January 2025 despite “no funds being available at the time,” Lutnick said.
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3 weeks ago | 
broadbandbreakfast.com | Jericho Casper
WASHINGTON, May 16, 2025 – Just hours after Verizon confirmed it would dismantle its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, the Federal Communications Commission approved the company’s $20 billion merger with Frontier Communications — a move Democratic Commissioner Anna Gomez condemned as a “backroom deal” that bypassed a full Commission vote.
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3 weeks ago | 
broadbandbreakfast.com | Jericho Casper
WASHINGTON, May 16, 2025 – Verizon has announced the termination of its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs amid regulatory scrutiny from the Federal Communications Commission as it seeks approval for its $9.6 billion acquisition of Frontier Communications. In a letter to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, Verizon stated it would remove DEI references from its website, employee training, hiring, career development, and supplier diversity strategies.
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3 weeks ago | 
broadbandbreakfast.com | Jericho Casper
WASHINGTON, May 15, 2025 – Federal Communications Commissioner Anna Gomez delivered a forceful rebuke Thursday of what she called a “campaign to censor and control,” accusing the White House of weaponizing the FCC to punish political dissent and undermine First Amendment protections. “We are witnessing a dangerous precedent: the transformation of an independent regulator into an instrument of political censorship,” said Democrat Gomez, speaking at the Media Institute’s Communications Forum here.
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3 weeks ago | 
broadbandbreakfast.com | Jericho Casper
WASHINGTON, May 15, 2025 – Two Democratic Federal Trade Commissioners, removed by President Donald Trump without causein March, raised concerns Thursday about potential conflicts of interest surrounding their dismissal. The two Democrats, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, are scheduled to appear before the U.S. District Court here on Tuesday, May 20, for oral arguments in a case challenging their removals.
