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What do Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy plan to do with DOGE?

Musk wants to slash US government spending by a third, and Ramaswamy wants to cut 75% of the federal workforce. For months, Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, has been pushing for a department to slash United States government spending. On November 12, President-elect Donald Trump made his wish come true and announced that Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur …

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After Trump’s Project 2025 denials, he is tapping its authors and influencers for key roles

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — As a former and potentially future president, Donald Trump hailed what would become Project 2025 as a road map for “exactly what our movement will do” with another crack at the White House. Vought, the president-elect said, “knows exactly how to dismantle the Deep State” — Trump’s catch-all for federal bureaucracy — and would help “restore fiscal sanity.” …

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1 month ago

How Trump’s FCC chief pick could make life more difficult for media companies

LA Times

President-elect Donald Trump’s famous hostility to media outlets that criticize him has raised trepidation about his choice for FCC chief. During the election, he jumped on social media when Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on the Nov. 2 episode of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” to point out that the network also owed an invitation to Trump under the FCC’s equal …

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Trump’s FCC Pick Wants to Be the Speech Police. That’s Not His Job

Wired

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, wants to refashion the broadband regulator into the nation’s speech police on social platforms. But since Carr was nominated as a commissioner in 2017 by Trump, he’s spent much of his time focusing on contentious internet speech rules that the agency has historically never played a role in. …

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1 month ago

Trump picks Brendan Carr as Chair of FCC; All you need to know about co-author of Project 2025

Hindustan Times

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, as its chair, he said in a statement. US President-elect Donald Trump, in a statement released on November 17, 2024, has nominated Carr for Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Carr has served at the agency since 2012, including as an adviser to a later …

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1 month ago

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump taps big tech critic to lead communications agency

The Hindu

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump tapped Republican Brendan Carr, an Elon Musk-backed critic of big tech, to lead the Federal Communications Commission, calling him a "warrior for Free Speech" in a statement on Sunday. Mr. Carr has "fought against the regulatory Lawfare that has stifled Americans' Freedoms" and will "end the regulatory onslaught that has been crippling America's Job Creators and …

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1 month ago

FCC gets new Leadership: Donald Trump chooses Brendan Carr as Chairman

Live Mint

President-elect Donald Trump named Brendan Carr as the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on Sunday. Additionally, Carr voiced opposition to NBC's decision to feature Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday Night Live prior to the election. Changes Brendan Carr might bring Carr, currently serving on the commission, is poised to bring change to an agency that oversees the licensing …

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1 month ago

Trump picks Big Tech critic who wrote ‘Project 2025’ chapter to lead FCC

Al Jazeera

United States President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Brendan Carr, a Republican known for his criticism of Big Tech, to lead the Federal Communications Commission. Carr, who has served as an FCC commissioner since 2017, will end the “regulatory onslaught” that has held back job creators and innovators, and ensure that the communications agency delivers for rural areas, Trump said in …

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Brendan Carr wrote the FCC chapter in ‘Project 2025.’ Now he’s Trump’s pick for the agency

CNN

New York CNN — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, wasted no time in stating his priorities on Sunday night. Just one hour after thanking the president for the appointment, Carr wrote on X, “We must dismantle the censorship cartel and restore free speech rights for everyday Americans.” Carr and Trump’s powerful ally …

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Brendan Carr wrote the FCC chapter in ‘Project 2025.’ Now he’s Trump’s pick for the agency

CNN

New York CNN — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, wasted no time in stating his priorities on Sunday night. Just one hour after thanking the president for the appointment, Carr wrote on X, “We must dismantle the censorship cartel and restore free speech rights for everyday Americans.” Carr and Trump’s powerful ally …

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1 month ago

Trump names Big Tech critic Brendan Carr Federal Communications Commission head

India Today

President-elect Donald Trump will tap Brendan Carr, a critic of the Biden administration’s telecom policies and Big Tech, as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, he said in a statement on Sunday. Carr said on Sunday the FCC must “restore free speech rights for everyday Americans.” Carr criticised NBC for letting Harris appear on “Saturday Night Live” just before the …

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Trump names Brendan Carr, senior GOP leader at FCC, to lead the agency

LA Times

President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday named Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, as the new chairman of the agency tasked with regulating broadcasting, telecommunications and broadband. Carr wrote a section devoted to the FCC in “ Project 2025,” a sweeping blueprint for gutting the federal workforce and dismantling federal agencies in a second Trump administration produced …

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Trump picks Project 2025 co-author as next head of the FCC

Salon

President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he will select Project 2025 co-author Brendan Carr as the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC commissioner is the author of the FCC chapter of Project 2025, a right-wing agenda published by the Heritage Foundation that promotes dismantling federal agencies and replacing the federal workforce with Trump loyalists. Related Trump preps …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

SNL’s Kamala Harris cameo might have violated fairness rules

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and US actress Maya Rudolph …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

NBC files an Equal Time notice after Kamala Harris' "SNL" appearance sparks FCC pushback

Salon

NBC has filed for an Equal Time notice with the Federal Comunications Commission after Vice President Kamala Harris' surprise appearance on "Saturday Night Live" caused issue with the organization. In the filing, NBC stated that Harris appeared on "Saturday Night Live" "without charge" for 1 minute and 30 seconds. Following Harris on "Saturday Night Live," CNN reporter Stelter said that …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

What Elon Musk wants from Washington

Politico

Some wonks are even wondering if his influence could extend beyond mere bureaucracy, given the historical precedent for a Trump White House to be swayed by the last person to have the former president’s ear. “We already had an outsider billionaire businessman as president, yet nothing unique happened,” said Mercatus’ Mittelsteadt, who argued that a lack of resources and statutory …

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2 months ago

Jailed reporters, silenced networks: What Trump says he'd do to the media if elected

NPR

Jailed reporters, silenced networks: What Trump says he'd do to the media if elected toggle caption Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images Former President Donald Trump often basks in the glow of press attention. One in three journalists says they've faced violence — or the threat of it "President Trump was a champion for free speech. And Trump said he …

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2 months, 1 week ago

'The View' abortion ad signals wider effort to use an FCC regulation to spread a message

The Independent

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a disclaimer that posted onscreen, ABC made clear it was holding …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump demands CBS is taken off air after editing Kamala Harris' 60 Minutes 'word salad'

Daily Mail

Donald Trump insists that CBS News should lose its license and be forced off air after it favorably edited the 60 Minutes interview Vice President Kamala Harris. Donald Trump demanded that CBS News have their license revoked and be taken off air after the network released an edited version of the 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris 'As I've said …

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4 months ago

Company that sent AI calls mimicking Biden to New Hampshire voters agrees to $1-million fine

LA Times

Steve Kramer is seated June 5, 2024, during his arraignment in Laconia, N.H., in connection with charges of voter suppression and impersonating a candidate. A company that sent deceptive phone messages to New Hampshire voters using artificial intelligence to mimic President Biden’s voice agreed Wednesday to pay a $1-million fine, federal regulators said. The FCC will act when trust in …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

How we could find the Apprentice tape on which Donald Trump says the N-word.

Slate

We all have our lasting memories of the 2016 election. Pruitt says that in this one, Donald Trump is justifying not selecting Kwame Jackson as the winner on the first season of the hit show, and he asks his producers, “Would America buy a n— winning?” Pruitt’s description of the moment—and the way in which the set of The Apprentice …

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7 months ago

Faked Biden Robocall Results in Charges for Democratic Operative

Live Mint

A Democratic operative faces state criminal charges and a fine from federal regulators for using artificial intelligence to fake President Joe Biden’s voice in robocalls aimed at dissuading Democrats from voting in the New Hampshire primary election. Steve Kramer, who worked for Biden’s Democratic primary challenger Dean Phillips, was accused by state prosecutors on Thursday of 13 felony counts of …

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7 months ago

Political consultant behind fake Biden robocalls faces $6 million fine and criminal charges

Associated Press

CONCORD, N.H. — A political consultant who sent artificial intelligence-generated robocalls mimicking President Joe Biden’s voice to voters ahead of New Hampshire’s presidential primary faces a $6 million fine and more than two dozen criminal charges. “Lingo Telecom takes its regulatory obligations extremely seriously and has fully cooperated with federal and state agencies to assist with identifying the parties responsible …

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7 months ago

A political consultant faces charges and fines for Biden deepfake robocalls

NPR

A political consultant faces charges and fines for Biden deepfake robocalls toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images North America The Democratic political consultant behind a robocall that used artificial intelligence to impersonate President Biden is facing a steep federal fine and criminal charges in New Hampshire. The Federal Communications Commission proposed a $6 million fine against Steve Kramer, who has admitted …

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What do Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy plan to do with DOGE?

After Trump’s Project 2025 denials, he is tapping its authors and influencers for key roles

How Trump’s FCC chief pick could make life more difficult for media companies

Trump’s FCC Pick Wants to Be the Speech Police. That’s Not His Job

Trump picks Brendan Carr as Chair of FCC; All you need to know about co-author of Project 2025

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump taps big tech critic to lead communications agency

FCC gets new Leadership: Donald Trump chooses Brendan Carr as Chairman

Trump picks Big Tech critic who wrote ‘Project 2025’ chapter to lead FCC

Brendan Carr wrote the FCC chapter in ‘Project 2025.’ Now he’s Trump’s pick for the agency

Brendan Carr wrote the FCC chapter in ‘Project 2025.’ Now he’s Trump’s pick for the agency

Trump names Big Tech critic Brendan Carr Federal Communications Commission head

Trump names Brendan Carr, senior GOP leader at FCC, to lead the agency

Trump picks Project 2025 co-author as next head of the FCC

SNL’s Kamala Harris cameo might have violated fairness rules

NBC files an Equal Time notice after Kamala Harris' "SNL" appearance sparks FCC pushback

What Elon Musk wants from Washington

Jailed reporters, silenced networks: What Trump says he'd do to the media if elected

'The View' abortion ad signals wider effort to use an FCC regulation to spread a message

Trump demands CBS is taken off air after editing Kamala Harris' 60 Minutes 'word salad'

Company that sent AI calls mimicking Biden to New Hampshire voters agrees to $1-million fine

How we could find the Apprentice tape on which Donald Trump says the N-word.

Faked Biden Robocall Results in Charges for Democratic Operative

Political consultant behind fake Biden robocalls faces $6 million fine and criminal charges

A political consultant faces charges and fines for Biden deepfake robocalls