The exemption comes just over a month after the FCC announced a broad ban on new robotic devices not made in the U.S., including robot vacuums and robot mowers. That followed the agency’s similarly broad Wi-Fi router ban in March.

Jimmy Kimmel doubled down on his claim that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) “threatened” his show over an interview with a Democratic Senate candidate, while the White House accused the talk show host of “play-acting.

The Federal Communications Commission last week eliminated the gigabit speed goal established during the Biden administration and declared that current levels of broadband deployment in the US are acceptable.

Unlike exemptions for drones or Wi-Fi routers, however, there's currently no expiration date on the FCC's conditional approval of Husqvarna Group's robot lawn mowers.

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The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) lone Democratic commissioner is pointing to ABC comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s decision not to broadcast an interview with Texas Senate nominee James Talarico (D) as evidence of what she called the Trump administration’s attempts to stifle free press.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says the agency may soon issue guidance to broadcast TV networks over airing what he called "fake polls" before midterms.