As an immediate result of today’s hearing, the FCC removed a statement from its website that said it is an independent agency. Carr, who has embraced President Trump’s declaration that independent ...

In several tense exchanges with Democratic senators, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr denied accusations of censorship and defended his agency's actions against broadcasters.

But then Donald Trump won a second term in office and promoted Commissioner Carr to the position of FCC chairman in January 2025. A few weeks later, Trump issued an executive order declaring that ...

President Trump said TV broadcast licenses should be revoked if newscasts and late-night shows are almost entirely negative ...

In a testy Senate hearing, Brendan Carr says that Disney, Nexstar and Sinclair decided to pull Jimmy Kimmel's show "on their own," despite his comments leading up to it.

Despite what FCC Chairman Brendan Carr told Congress, the FCC has limited authority to regulate the licenses of news ...

Hours before the Kimmel suspension, Carr warned that local broadcasters who aired Kimmel could face fines or loss of licenses and said “it’s time for them to step up.” ...

The FCC's public interest standard functions as an amorphous framework that shifts depending on which party controls the FCC, ...

President Trump cited coverage of him, MAGA, and the Republican Party as he lashed out at networks on Truth Social.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr faced an intense grilling from senators on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, squaring off with lawmakers over his criticism of mainstream news ...

The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission faced criticism on Wednesday from Democrats at his first appearance before Congress after pressuring broadcasters to take ABC late-night talk ...