President Donald Trump moved to end federal DEI programs with an executive order on Inauguration Day, and new FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has taken action on the rollback.

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.

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 has already stated that his FCC may factor Trump’s nonsensical lawsuit against CBS,

President Donald J. Trump yesterday signed an order that designates Commissioner Brendan Carr as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.

Departing chairwoman of the FCC, Jessica Rosenworcel, warned of efforts to tie the broadcast station license renewals to news content.

As promised, President Donald Trump signed an order officially designating Brendan Carr as the new FCC Chairman.

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-elect Donald Trump is set to take office next week, and his second-term agenda is taking shape as he fills out his administration. One of the

All diversity, equity and inclusion federal employees are to be placed on paid leave no later than Wednesday evening, the Trump administration ordered Tuesday as it continued its attack on DEI initiatives and programs.

Newly-appointed FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced staff appointments to the office of the chairman and ... Read More

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.