Bill to abolish department of mental health aimed to start conversation
A continuing onslaught of bills from the Oklahoma Senate and House of Representatives includes abolishing the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, a required license to chase storms, and ...
What Happens When a Troll Becomes Head of the FCC? We’re About to Find Out.
And therein lies the real reason to worry about how he will head the FCC: as a willing intimidator of American private enterprise on behalf of Donald Trump and his friends, including Elon Musk. Carr ...
Federal Communications Commission launches investigation of NPR and PBS
In a letter first obtained by The New York Times, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr wrote that “it’s possible that NPR and PBS member ...
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Democratic Federal Election Commission chair shares the termination notice she received from Trump: ‘You are hereby removed’
President Trump fired Federal Election Commission Chairwoman Ellen Weintraub ... Norm Ornstein speaks during the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee hearing in the Capitol on July ...
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Trump nominates Senate aide to serve on Federal Communications Commission
WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Senate aide Olivia Trusty to serve on the Federal Communications Commission. Trump, who has repeatedly called on ...
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Federal Communications Commission’s One-to-One Consent Rule Under Telephone Consumer Protection Act Vacated Day Before Rule Set to Take Place
On Monday, January 27, 2025, the One-to-One Consent Rule (“the Rule”) promulgated by the Federal Communications Commission (the “Commission”) a year ago, on December 18, 2023, was set to go into ...
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Trump's FCC chief opens investigation into NPR and PBS
President Trump's new head of the Federal Communications Commission has ordered an investigation of NPR and PBS, with an eye ...
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Trump Nominates Senate Aide to Serve on Federal Communications Commission
Trump Nominates Senate Aide to Serve on Federal Communications Commission WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Senate aide Olivia Trusty to serve on the ...
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PBS shutters DEI office
The public broadcaster says it is closing its Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) office to comply with a recent executive ...
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Brendan Carr is officially in charge of the FCC
Brendan Carr is now formally the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, giving him the power to set the agency’s agenda and usher through a host of regulations with major implications ...
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FCC orders telecoms to secure their networks after Salt Tyhpoon hacks
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ordered U.S. telecommunications carriers to secure their networks following last year's Salt Typhoon security breaches. Today's action comes after ...
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Fired Federal Election Commission leader rants on social media after removal by Trump: ‘This isn’t it’
President Donald Trump fired the U.S. Federal Election Commission Commissioner and Chair Ellen Weintraub, sending her a letter regarding her "removal." Trump took office Jan. 20, and since then ...