Brendan Carr is officially in charge of FCC

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 for the tech and media industries as soon as he has a Republican majority.
New FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announces staff appointments
Brendan Carr announced around a dozen new staff appointments in one of his first acts as Chairman of the FCC. This article, New FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announces staff appointments, was first published at The Desk.
Carr named FCC chair
Donald Trump has officially appointed Brendan Carr as the new chairman of the FCC. Carr’s appointment does not require Senate confirmation because he is already a sitting commissioner. Trump first mentioned Carr’s name as a possibility for FCC chairman back in November 2024, shortly after the election.
FCC Chair Carr Names Key Staffers
I am honored that this talented team has agreed to join me in leading the FCC and ensuring that we deliver great results for the American people,” chairman Carr said. “They
Brendan Carr Announces Staff Appointments
One day after being appointed, Brendan Carr has revealed 11 staff appointments to the FCC and the Office of the Chairman.
With Trump Designation, Brendan Carr Is Now FCC Chairman
As promised, President Donald Trump signed an order officially designating Brendan Carr as the new FCC Chairman.
Brendan Carr Thanks Trump for FCC Chair Designation
WASHINGTON—Brendan Carr expressed gratitude and eagerness to move forward on a range of issues in a statement Jan. 20 upon President Donald Trump’s order naming him Federal Communications Chairman.
New Chairman Ends FCC’s DEI Work
New FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is making a clean sweep of the FCC’s diversity equity and inclusion efforts. Carr had promised to do away with DEI agendas once designated chairman.
President Trump Appoints Brendan Carr as FCC Chairman
President Donald J. Trump yesterday signed an order that designates Commissioner Brendan Carr as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
FCC Chair Carr Ends FCC’s Promotion of DEI
At a time when very few broadcast stations are owned by minorities, Carr said promoting diversity, equity and inclusion efforts constituted “invidious forms of discrimination”
FCC ends DEI initiatives after Trump's executive order
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Olivia Trusty has been nominated to serve on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by President Donald Trump.
The policy director of the U.S. Senate Committee on Science, Commerce, and Transportation has been nominated to serve as an ...
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Trump’s FCC nominee praised as experienced, knowledgeable
Former Senate staffer Olivia Trusty is President Trump's intended nominee to fill out the FCC, with Brendan Carr as Acting ...
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Trump orders federal diversity, equity, and inclusion staff be put on paid leave, layoffs expected
US President Donald Trump’s administration has begun dismantling federal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, ...
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Watchdogs Urge Court To Uphold T-Mobile's $92 Million Privacy Fine
Wireless customers "deserve the privacy protections that the law promises," a coalition of privacy groups says in a friend-of-the-court brief filed with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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 ...